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[ mit-ee ] / ˈmɪt i /
OTHER WORDS FROM MittyMit·ty·esque, Mit·ty·ish, adjectiveWords nearby MittyMittelland Canal, mittelschmerz, mitten, Mitterrand, mittimus, Mitty, mitumba, Mitumba Mountains, Mitzi, mitzvah, Miwok Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for MittyThen 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
nounWalter Mitty - a fictional character given to grand and elaborate fantasies; daydreamer
- (as modifier)a Walter Mitty character; a Mitty act
Derived forms of MittyMittyesque or Mitty-like, adjectiveWord Origin for MittyC20: from a short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), by James Thurber 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 |