Today's Word "parvenu"
parvenu \PAR-vuh-noo; -nyoo\ (noun) - 1 : One that has recently or suddenly risen to a higher social or economic class but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class; an upstart.
(adjective) - 1 : Being a parvenu; also, like or having the characteristics of a parvenu.
"That was the luxury that Goirot's daughter had loved too well; the gilding, the ostentatious splendor, the unintelligent luxury of the parvenu, the riotous extravagance of a courtesan." -- Honore de Balzac, 'Pere Goirot'
(adjective) - 1 : Being a parvenu; also, like or having the characteristics of a parvenu.
"That was the luxury that Goirot's daughter had loved too well; the gilding, the ostentatious splendor, the unintelligent luxury of the parvenu, the riotous extravagance of a courtesan." -- Honore de Balzac, 'Pere Goirot'
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