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‖ rastaquouère|rastakwɛr| Also rastacouaire, rastaqouère, etc. [F. rastaquouère, rastaquère, ad. S. Amer. Sp. rastacuero upstart.] A social intruder or upstart of exaggerated manners or dress, esp. from a Mediterranean or S. Amer. country; a dashing but untrustworthy foreigner. Also attrib.
1883M. E. Braddon Phantom Fortune III. v. 110 He was the typical rastaquouere, a man of finished manners, and unknown antecedents. 1904J. T. Grein Dramatic Crit. 1902–1903 56 Even rastaqouères..do not err in this direction. 1913M. Larisch My Past ix. 104, I rather liked the Baroness, although Count Larisch rudely termed the whole family rastaquouères. 1924J. Buchan Three Hostages xiii. 199 The usual rastaqouère crowd of men and women drinking liqueurs and champagne. 1930Belloc New Cautionary Tales 28 Ambassadors and Papal Counts, And Rastaqouères from Palamerez. 1930A. Huxley Vulgarity in Literature vi. 34 The rastacouaire might display the twin cabochon emeralds at his shirt cuffs and the platinum wrist watch. 1940J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door vi. 128 There was a vulgar display of wealth, and a rastaquouère craze for luxury. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Dec. 1511/2 The worst book ever written by an Old Etonian, even by a rather rastaquouère Old Etonian. |