[ 'babɪt ]
■ noun dated, chiefly N. Amer. a materialistic, complacent, and conformist businessman.
Derivatives
~ry noun
Origin
1922: from George ~ , the protagonist of the novel ~ by Sinclair Lewis.
[ 'babɪt ]
■ noun dated, chiefly N. Amer. a materialistic, complacent, and conformist businessman.
Derivatives
~ry noun
Origin
1922: from George ~ , the protagonist of the novel ~ by Sinclair Lewis.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004