arriviste
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arriviste (ˌæriːˈviːst, French arivist) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a person who is unscrupulously ambitious | |
| [French: see | |
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Arriviste
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
arriviste
"pushy, ambitious person," 1901, from Fr. arriviste, from arriver "to arrive" (see arrive). The notion is of a person intent on "arriving" at success or in society.
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Example sentences
Those precisians who fifty or thirty years ago denounced the preposition due to as an arriviste have tainted its reputation.
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