Definitions for walter mitty
ˈwɔl tərwal·ter mit·ty

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1. Walter Mittynoun

   fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs

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1. Walter Mittynoun

   a sad or pathetic person given to flights of fancy, a daydreamer.

2. Walter Mittynoun

   an imposter, especially one claiming military service he has in fact never undergone.

3. Etymology: *From the main character in a short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty By James Thurber

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1. Walter Mitty

   Walter Jackson Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's first short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", first published in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and in book form in My World—and Welcome to It in 1942. Thurber loosely based the character, a daydreamer, on himself. It was made into a film in 1947 starring Danny Kaye, with a remake in 2013 directed by, and starring Ben Stiller.

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1. walter mitty

   Walter Mitty is a fictional character in a short story by American author James Thurber, but the name is often used to refer to someone who escapes their mundane life by retreating into a world of fantasy, where they imagine themselves as a heroic figure. It can also refer to a timid, ineffectual person who spends more time in heroic daydreams than participating in real life.

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1. Walter Mitty

   Walter Mitty is a fictional character in James Thurber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", first published in The New Yorker on March 18, 1939, and in book form in My World and Welcome to It in 1942. Thurber loosely based the character on his friend, Walter Mithoff. It was made into a film in 1947, with a remake directed by and starring Ben Stiller scheduled for release in 2013. Mitty is a meek, mild man with a vivid fantasy life: in a few dozen paragraphs he imagines himself a wartime pilot, an emergency-room surgeon, and a devil-may-care killer. The character's name has come into more general use to refer to an ineffectual dreamer, appearing in several dictionaries. The American Heritage Dictionary defines a Walter Mitty as "an ordinary, often ineffectual person who indulges in fantastic daydreams of personal triumphs". The most famous of Thurber's inept male protagonists, the character is considered "the archetype for dreamy, hapless, Thurber Man". Although the story has humorous elements, there is a darker and more significant message underlying the text, leading to a more tragic interpretation of the Mitty character. Even in his heroic daydreams, Mitty does not triumph, several fantasies being interrupted before the final one sees Mitty dying bravely in front of a firing squad. In the brief snatches of reality that punctuate Mitty's fantasies the audience meets well-meaning but insensitive strangers who inadvertently rob Mitty of some of his remaining dignity.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of walter mitty in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of walter mitty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Walter_Mitty
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mitty
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