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Mitty, Walter — UK [ˈmɪtɪ, ˈwɔːltə(r)] / US [ˈmɪtɪ, ˈwɔltər] noun [countable] Etymology: From Walter Mitty, the main person in the short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by US writer James Thurber. See: Walter Mitty … English dictionary
Mitty, Walter — Mit|ty, Wal|ter [ mıti, wɔltər ] noun count someone who imagines that they have unusual adventures or success but whose life is in fact very ordinary … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Walter Mitty — →↑Mitty, WalteR … Dictionary of contemporary English
Walter (name) — Infobox Given name 2 name = Walter | gender = masculine pronunciation= | meaning = powerful warrior, or ruler of the world. region = | origin = related names = | footnotes = Walt(h)er is a male name, derived from the Old High German language… … Wikipedia
Mitty — may refer to: Archbishop Mitty High School, a high school in San Jose, California John Joseph Mitty, fourth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco Walter Mitty, a fictional character in James Thurber s short story The Secret Life of… … Wikipedia
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 — A Walter Mitty character is an unexceptional person who is prone to daydreaming of personal triumphs … The small dictionary of idiomes
Walter Mitty — ☆ Walter Mitty [mit′ē ] n. [< “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” a short story by THURBER James (Grover)] an ordinary, unassuming person who dreams of being heroic, successful, etc … English World dictionary
Walter — masc. proper name, from O.N.Fr. Waltier (O.Fr. Gautier), of Germanic origin; Cf. O.H.G. Walthari, Walthere, lit. ruler of the army, from waltan to rule (see WIELD (Cf. wield)) + hari host, army (see HARRY (Cf. harry)). Walter Mitty (1939) is from … Etymology dictionary
Mitty — adventurous daydreamer, 1950, from title character in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, short story by U.S. author James Thurber (1894 1961) first published in the New Yorker March 18, 1939 … Etymology dictionary
