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Pooterish definition

Poot·er·ish (po̵̅o̅t′ər is̸h)

adjective

Brit. of or like a type of middle-class person regarded as unimaginative, conventional, self-important, etc.

Etymology: after Mr. Pooter, hero of the humorous Eng novel The Diary of a Nobody (1892) by G. & W. Grossmith

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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