Pooterish
/ˈpuːtərɪʃ/
adjective
1.
characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
adjective
pompous; self-important; bourgeois
Word Origin
character Charles Pooter in “Diary of a Nobody” (1892)
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