WALTER MITTY


Meaning of WALTER MITTY in English

— 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 Life of Walter Mitty" (1939) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .