Walter Mitty
noun
an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self-aggrandizing daydreams or secret plans as a way of glamorizing a humdrum life.
Walter Mittys
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pluralof Walter Mitty.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Such inner struggles are mostly beyond the ken of us middle-aged Walter Mittys, whose images are those of the grandstand and whose own diamond memories ended with youth-league ball more than a quarter-century ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many readers seem to be Walter Mittys, content to experience danger vicariously.
From Time Magazine Archive
