Mitty

[ mit-ee ]

/ ˈmɪt i /

noun

Walter Mitty.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Mitty

Mit·ty·esque, Mit·ty·ish, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for mitty

Then let Mitty, with his usual golden touch, note that the owners have their points, too!
Okay, It's Really Time to Settle the NFL Strike|Michael Tomasky|September 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
"Mitty, you should not wait for me," he said, sitting down in his own place by the fire.
Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3)|Mary Cholmondeley
Oh, Miss Mitty assured me that six feet two were as an inch in her sight, without a grandfather.
The Romance of a Plain Man|Ellen Glasgow
"She gwine speak loudah an' quickah nex' time," said Unc' Landy, shaking his hoe-handle at Mitty.
The Four Corners|Amy Ella Blanchard

"She certainly is a sight," remarked Mary Lee, watching Mitty's exit.
The Four Corners|Amy Ella Blanchard
Not Miss Mitty, at any rate, and she was inclined to think that Mr. Carew had made a mistake, whichever way it had been!
Fairfax and His Pride|Marie Van Vorst

British Dictionary definitions for mitty

Mitty

/ (ˈmɪtɪ) /

noun

Walter Mitty

a fictional character given to grand and elaborate fantasies; daydreamer
(as modifier)a Walter Mitty character; a Mitty act

Derived forms of Mitty

Mittyesque or Mitty-like, adjective

Word Origin for Mitty

C20: from a short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), by James Thurber

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