- a person, esp a man, who, having risen socially or economically, is considered to be an upstart or to lack the appropriate refinement for his or her new position
- of or characteristic of a parvenu
单词 | parvenu |
释义 | WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 par•ve•nu /ˈpɑrvəˌnu, -ˌnyu, ˌpɑrvəˈnu, -ˈnyu/USA pronunciation n., pl. -nus, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024n. [countable]
adj. [before a noun]
par•ve•nu (pär′və no̅o̅′, -nyo̅o̅′, pär′və no̅o̅′, -nyo̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
par′ve•nu•ism, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: parvenu /ˈpɑːvəˌnjuː/ n
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