Eeyore
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the donkey in A.A. Milne's books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, whose name is onomatopoeic from a donkey's bray (compare hee-haw).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Eeyore (plural Eeyores)
- (figuratively) An excessively negative or pessimistic person.
- 1989, Terry Jones, Erik the Viking, Hal Leonard Corporation, published 1990, →ISBN, page 39:
- SVEN nods toward SNORRI THE MISERABLE - an Eeyore of a Viking if ever there were one.
- 2003, The Resurrection of the Son of God, volume 3, of Christian origins and the question of God, Nicholas Thomas Wright, Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 108:
- Ecclesiastes, who sometimes seems to cast himself as the Eeyore of the Old Testament, would simply shrug his shoulders and tell you to make the best of what you had.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]negative or pessimistic person