[ 'pu:tərɪʃ ]
■ adjective self-important and mundane or narrow-minded.
Origin
1960s: from the name of Charles Pooter , the central character of Diary of a Nobody (1892) by George and Weedon Grossmith.
[ 'pu:tərɪʃ ]
■ adjective self-important and mundane or narrow-minded.
Origin
1960s: from the name of Charles Pooter , the central character of Diary of a Nobody (1892) by George and Weedon Grossmith.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004