11 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
adjective expecting the worst possible outcome
originEtymology tree English pessimist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pessimistic From pessimist + -ic.
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