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arriviste
[ ar-ee-veest; French a-ree-veest ]
/ ˌær iˈvist; French a riˈvist /
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noun, plural ar·ri·vistes [ar-ee-veests; French a-ree-veest]. /ˌær iˈvists; French a riˈvist/.
a person who has recently acquired unaccustomed status, wealth, or success, especially by dubious means and without earning concomitant esteem.
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Words nearby arriviste
arrive, arrive at, arrivederci, arrivism, arrivisme, arriviste, arroba, arrogance, arrogance of power, arrogant, arrogate
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How to use arriviste in a sentence
In it there is as much enthusiasm as serious purpose, as much of the essence of youth as of the arriviste.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright
British Dictionary definitions for arriviste
arriviste
/ (ˌæriːˈviːst, French arivist) /
noun
a person who is unscrupulously ambitious
Word Origin for arriviste
French: see arrive, -ist
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