candide

Candide, ou l'Optimisme (1759) is a French satire by the Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It has been translated as various English titles, including Candide: Or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: Or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Or, Optimism (1947). Candide tells the tale of a naïve man, Candide (meaning "ingenuous"), who has been taught to believe in Leibnizian optimism but becomes disillusioned after undergoing a series of extraordinary hardships during his luckless odyssey. With a plot similar to that of the more serious picaresque novel or bildungsroman, Candide parodies many adventure and romance clichés. The novella's pace is quick, its mood is breezy, and its tone is mordantly matter-of-fact.
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adj. candid, ingenuous

adj. Snow White, snowy, white; pure, innocent, stainless; candid, ingenuous

n. white; innocent person, naive person

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

     candied