See Also: salient(medicine)
salient(dictionary)
salient(dictionary)
Salient Attribute(money)

optimist (iou) and salient (oh)


optimist (iou)



optimist noun & adjective. M18.
[formed as OPTIMISM: see -IST.]
A. noun.
A person inclined to optimism or hopefulness; a person who takes a favourable view of circumstances or prospects. M18.
P. Cutting Optimists would announce that peace was at hand.
A person who believes in the doctrine of optimism. L18.
b. adjective. Characterized by optimism; optimistic. M19.
opti'mistic adjective of or pertaining to optimism; characterized by optimism: M19.
opti'mistically adverb L19.

salient (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: , present participle of salire 'to jump']
the salient points or features of something are the most important or most noticeable parts of it
::the salient points of the report
-- salience n [U]