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vulgarian

[ vuhl-gair-ee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a vulgar person, especially one whose vulgarity is the more conspicuous because of wealth, prominence, or pretensions to good breeding.

vulgarian

/ vʌlˈɡɛərɪən /

First recorded in 1640–50; vulgar + -ian

An utterly undeserving wretch defeated a neophyte vulgarian.

Aye,’ ses he, ‘and it makes the monied vulgarian think he is as good as those who only tolerate him.

If she offers them every luxury and is not polite, she is a snob and a vulgarian.

"I'm plain vulgarian," he laughed to his wife one morning as he started to work.

He did not relish having to hobnob in this way with such a vulgarian as a grafting police captain.

Heelless boots with angular toes, wedded to narrow, unstrapped trouser-ends—these denoted the vulgarian.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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