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Parvenue

adjective
1.
Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.  Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart.
2.
Of or characteristic of a parvenu.  Synonym: parvenu.





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"Parvenue" Quotes from Famous Books



... activity in 1742 with a translation of "La Paysanne Parvenue" by the Chevalier de Mouhy, Mrs. Haywood did not depend entirely upon her pen for support. A notice at the end of the first volume of "The Virtuous Villager, or Virgin's Victory," as her work was called, advertised "new books sold by Eliza Haywood, Publisher, ...
— The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood • George Frisbie Whicher


Words linked to "Parvenue" :   new, pretentious, parvenu


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