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parvenu::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nouveau-riche, parvenue, upstart |
parvenu::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arriviste, nouveau-riche, upstart |
| Type of | disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
| Has types | climber, social climber, junior |
parvenu::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | parvenue |
Examples of parvenu
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The real estate parvenu was impressed by the wrestler's sense of showmanship.
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Initially, he preferred Trimalchio, after the crude parvenu in Petronius's Satyricon.
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Nor had I appreciated how much of a parvenu Berlin was in historical terms.
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Unlike its parvenu neighbour, St Petersburg, Novgorod city is of manageable size, and tightly run.
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Neither May nor Keino is exactly a parvenu-except to the mile.
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John Napier's parvenu palazzo set is the grandest and wittiest of the British megamusical era.
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On hand as challenger was the parvenu Los Angeles Philharmonic on a State Department-sponsored visit.
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The End of the Day mocked the morality of success in tradition-bound London and parvenu Los Angeles.
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Persians have many centuries practice in deviousness, and compared to them Machiavelli was a parvenu.
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- Upstart: a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
- Nouveau-riche: characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
- Of or characteristic of a parvenu
- A Parvenu is a person that is a relative newcomer to a socioeconomic class. The word is borrowed from the French language; it is the past participle of the verb parvenir (to reach, to arrive, to manage to do something).
- One who has risen suddenly from nothing and becomes nothing suddenly.
- Par va Noo one who suddenly obtains money us news
