# Pooterish

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Characteristic of the character Charles Pooter; of modest social status, especially when having pretensions of greater significance and status.

## Etymology
From the name of the character Charles Pooter in George and Weedon Grossmith's 1892 novel The Diary of a Nobody.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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