- Walter Mittyish
- adjective see Walter Mitty
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Walter Mittyish
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Walter Mitty — Walter Mittyish. pl. Walter Mittys. an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self aggrandizing daydreams or secret plans as a way of glamorizing a humdrum life. [from the title character of James Thurber s short story The Secret… … Universalium
Walter Mitty — noun Etymology: Walter Mitty, daydreaming hero of a story by James Thurber Date: 1949 a commonplace unadventurous person who seeks escape from reality through daydreaming • Walter Mittyish adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Mitty — Mittyesque, Mittyish, adj. /mit ee/, n. See Walter Mitty. * * * … Universalium
