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Definition Walter Mitty in American English

Walter Mitty noun

[countable] noun
/ˌwɔltər ˈmɪti/

From Walter Mitty, the main person in the short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by U.S. writer James Thurber.

1

someone who imagines that unusual or exciting things happen to them, but whose life is in fact very ordinary

Synonyms and related words
adaptive addictive a man of something
Definition Walter Mitty in American English