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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position;
[syn: nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart(a)]

2. of or characteristic of a parvenu;
[syn: parvenu, parvenue]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

parvenue
    adj 1: characteristic of someone who has risen economically or
           socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this
           new position [syn: nouveau-riche, parvenu,
           parvenue, upstart(a)]
    2: of or characteristic of a parvenu [syn: parvenu,
       parvenue]