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walter mitty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
wal-ter mit-ty
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sad or pathetic person given to flights of fancy; a daydreamer.

noun

An impostor, especially one falsely claiming to have done military service.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Walter Mittys (plural) Walter Mitties (plural)

Derived Forms

Mittyesque

Phrases

Walter Mittyish Walter Mitty syndrome

Questions

What does walter mitty mean?
A sad or pathetic person given to flights of fancy; a daydreamer.
Where does walter mitty come from?
From the main character in a short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), by James Thurber.

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