Parvenu - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpɑːrvənuː|
Brit.
|ˈpɑːvənuː|
noun
- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class (syn: arriviste, upstart)
adjective
- characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position (syn: upstart)
- of or characteristic of a parvenu
- of or characteristic of a parvenu
Extra examples
...the kind of trophy house that a parvenu buys to prove to people, and to himself, that he has indeed arrived...
Word forms
noun
singular: parvenu
plural: parvenus
singular: parvenu
plural: parvenus
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