parvenue

/ ˈpɑːvəˌnjuː /

noun

1. a woman who, having risen socially or economically, is considered to be an upstart or to lack the appropriate refinement for her new position

adjective

1. of or characteristic of a parvenue

Word History and Origins

Origin of parvenue¹

C19: see parvenu

Example Sentences

It is at any rate happier than that of the parvenue, unless the mere fact of being arrivée confers any special enjoyment.

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"Gentlemen have so much more liberty than we ladies have," says Mrs. Parvenue.

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Cette nouvelle tant parvenue Hadjadj, il rpondit: 'Me voil.'

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Do you acknowledge yourself a parvenue that you rejoice at the entrance of any one special person into your doors?

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And yet there was about her always and under all circumstances, an indescribable flavor of the parvenue.

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