Pooterishadj.
/ˈpuːt(ə)rɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpudərɪʃ/ Resembling, characteristic of, or suggestive of the fictional character Charles Pooter (see Pooter n.3).
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big-endian1726
Sleeping Beauty1729
little-endian1828
Mickey Mouse1930
Sherlock Holmesian1958
Sherlockian1959
Dalek1963
Pooterish1963
Moomin-like1965
hobbitish1966
James Bondish1966
James Bond1967
1963 Times 30 Oct. 14/3 Henry and Helen Hampster, a Pooterish middle-aged couple, divide their lives between a house in London and a Brighton flat.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Dec. 1626/2 So many square miles of vapid and banal and Pooterish suburb.
1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 June 28/1 Duran has a Pooterish way with an anecdote which makes his book often very funny.
2003 Observer 4 May i. 28/2 His nanophobia, a prejudice dismissed as ludicrous by laureates, or anyone with a physics A-level, is only the latest in a Pooterish list.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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