English Explanatory Dictionary

Walter Mitty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sad or pathetic person given to flights of fancy; a daydreamer.
  2. An impostor, especially one falsely claiming to have done military service.

Word forms

Walter Mitty Walter Mittys Walter Mitties

Etymology

From the main character in a short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), by James Thurber.

Derived words

Mittyesque Walter Mittyish Walter Mitty syndrome
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