| 单词 | parvenu |
| 释义 | parvenu —parvenudom, n. —parvenuism, n. /pahr"veuh nooh', -nyooh', pahr'veuh nooh", -nyooh"/, n. 1. a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc. adj. 2. being or resembling a parvenu. 3. characteristic of a parvenu. [1795-1805; < F: upstart, n. use of ptp. of parvenir to arrive, reach < L pervenire, equiv. to per- PER- + venire to COME] |
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