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Wal′ter Mit′ty, pl. Walter Mittys. 
  1. an ordinary, timid person who is given to adventurous and self-aggrandizing daydreams or secret plans as a way of glamorizing a humdrum life.
  • from the title character of James Thurber's short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'' (1939)
Wal′ter Mit′tyish. 

'Walter Mitty' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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