snob
[ snob ]
/ snɒb /
noun
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding this field: a musical snob.
Words nearby snob
snitch line, snitchy, snivel, snively, sno-cat, snob, snob appeal, snobbery, snobbish, snobby, snobol
Origin of snob
First recorded in 1775–85; orig. uncert; first used as a nickname for a cobbler or cobbler's apprentice, hence a townsman, someone of low class or lacking good breeding, commoner, hence someone who imitates persons of higher rank
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snob
/ (snɒb) /
noun
- a person who strives to associate with those of higher social status and who behaves condescendingly to othersCompare inverted snob
- (as modifier)snob appeal
a person having similar pretensions with regard to his tastes, etcan intellectual snob
Derived forms of snob
Word Origin for snob
C18 (in the sense: shoemaker; hence, C19: a person who flatters those of higher station, etc): of unknown origin
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