Meaning candide
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candide


openly, clearly, candidly
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candide


ADV in white clothes; brightly/clearly/spotlessly; candidly/openly| good naturedly
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candide


The hero of Voltaire’s novel so called. All sorts of misfortunes are heaped upon him, and he bears them all with cynical indifference.
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A novel by Voltaire (in which the protagonist shares his moniker with the title.) The Operetta of the same name, by Leonard Bernstein. A
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French form of Candidus or Candida. The French philosopher and author Voltaire used this name for the main character (a male) in his satire Candide (1759). In French candide also means "naive [..]
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