Pooterish

English Etymology From the name of the character Charles Pooter in George and Weedon Grossmith's 1892 novel The Diary of a Nobody. Adjective Characteristic of the character Charles Pooter; of modest social status, especially when having pretensions of greater significance and status. en 1980 The Listener - Volume 103 378 The volume begins, though, with Byron being petty and Pooterish — if it is possible for such a non-family man to be Pooterish. en 2008 Brit-Myth: Who Do the British Think They Are? Chris Rojek 1861895569 The vegetative eugenics practised in mild-mannered cul-de-sacs, the extreme prejudice of poisoning some blameless green thing while feeding another, are symptoms of Pooterish yearning for a fascist order (p. 161). en 2013 Mike Leigh Tony Whitehead 43 1847796389 That said, it produces a great comic creation in Alan Dixon (Richard Kane), a splendidly Pooterish middle-aged clerk, fixated with unctuous reverence on the activities of British royalty and the aristocracy, including one or two of the firm's clients. en eponyms