parvenue

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13
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17
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8

Definition of parvenue

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (feminine, form-of)Female equivalent of parvenu.
    “They have seen women of rank, and parvenues, chaste maidens and anonymas, in a confused and gaudy glare of barbarous splendour.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French parvenue, feminine past participle of parvenir (“to arrive”), learned borrowing from Latin parvenire, from per- (“through”) + venire (“to come”).

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