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Synonyms for parvenu

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pahr-vuh-noo, -nyoo, pahr-vuh-noo, -nyoo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr vəˌnu, -ˌnyu, ˌpɑr vəˈnu, -ˈnyu

Définition of parvenu

Origin :
  • "upstart," 1802, from French parvenu, "said of an obscure person who has made a great fortune" (Littré); noun use of past participle of parvenir "to arrive" (12c.), from Latin pervenire "to come up, arrive, attain," from per- "through" (see per (prep.)) + venire "to come" (see venue). As an adjective from 1828.
  • noun newly rich
  • noun upstart
Example sentences :
  • And he, son of a parvenu, led the life of a rich, elegant idler.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • The fellow will detect me for a "parvenu" long before we reach Malaga!
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • It is the repose and not the struggle of the parvenu that confounds us.
  • Extract from : « A First Family of Tasajara » by Bret Harte
  • It is alike the passion of the parvenu and the pride of the aristocrat.
  • Extract from : « Summer in a Garden, and Calvin, A Study Of Character » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • In a word, putting one in mind of the parvenu in the ‘Walpurgis Nacht.’
  • Extract from : « The Romany Rye » by George Borrow
  • In spite of his imagination and his wit, he has the awkwardness of a parvenu or a savage.
  • Extract from : « Old and New Paris, v. 2 » by Henry Sutherland Edwards
  • But this luxury was in bad taste, and smelled of the parvenu.
  • Extract from : « The Gold-Seekers » by Gustave Aimard
  • Yes, you have a parvenu's presumptuousness somewhere about you.
  • Extract from : « Touch and Go » by D. H. Lawrence
  • It is not a parvenu; it is of ancient date, for Aristotle mentions it.
  • Extract from : « Curious Creatures in Zoology » by John Ashton
  • I am a parvenu's daughter, or a conqueror's daughter, it's all the same.
  • Extract from : « The Red Lily, Complete » by Anatole France

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