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Definition of Parvenue
1. Adjective. Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.
Similar to: Pretentious
Derivative terms: Nouveau-riche, Parvenu
2. Adjective. Of or characteristic of a parvenu.
Definition of Parvenue
1. Noun. Feminine equivalent of parvenu. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parvenue
1. a woman who is a parvenu [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parvenue
Literary usage of Parvenue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treaties Between the Empire of China and Foreign Powers, Together with by China (1906)
"I1 leur sera délivré un certificat spécial constatant le paiement de ce droit et
destiné a accompagner la marchandise. Lorsque celle-ci sera parvenue clans ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Ever since 1830 France had had it dinned into her that in her capacity of a
parvenue among the nations—a parvenue, it is true, who in no way blushed at her ..."
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