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Pooterish

/ ˈpuːtərɪʃ /

adjective

  1. characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pooterish1

C20: from Charles Pooter, the hero of Diary of a Nobody (1892), by George and Weedon Grossmith

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