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parvenudom

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par⋅ve⋅nu

  [pahr-vuh-noo, -nyoo, pahr-vuh-noo, -nyoo]
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–noun
1. a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.
–adjective
2. being or resembling a parvenu.
3. characteristic of a parvenu.
Origin:
1795–1805; < F: upstart, n. use of ptp. of parvenir to arrive, reach < L pervenīre, equiv. to per- per- + venīre to come

Related forms:
par⋅ve⋅nu⋅dom, noun
par⋅ve⋅nu⋅ism, noun
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Word Origin & History

parvenu 
"upstart," 1802, from Fr. parvenu, "said of an obscure person who has made a great fortune," noun use of pp. of parvenir "to arrive," from L. pervenire, from per- "through" + venire "to come" (see venue).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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