Parvenue
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Female equivalent of parvenu. feminine, form-of
"They have seen women of rank, and parvenues, chaste maidens and anonymas, in a confused and gaudy glare of barbarous splendour."
Adjective
- 1 of or characteristic of a parvenu wordnet
- 2 characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position wordnet
Synonyms
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More examples"They have seen women of rank, and parvenues, chaste maidens and anonymas, in a confused and gaudy glare of barbarous splendour."
Etymology
Borrowed from French parvenue, feminine past participle of parvenir (“to arrive”), learned borrowing from Latin parvenire, from per- (“through”) + venire (“to come”).