Parvenu

The Sovereigns of the old world have been somewhat in haste to congratulate the "Parvenu;" but there is matter for congratulation in this success.

London: Saturday, July 18, 1863 1863

The word 'Parvenu' means usually, a person of recent wealth, who pretends to a status that is not his due, in other words, an upstart or "show off" The children with two ice creams one in each hand, are not truly 'parvenus' but is a satirical usage about some one who seeks to make others "envy 'him, such as the future' Fake Gucci bag 'bearer.

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Parvenu, upstart the term is replete with significance and health.

The Kempton-Wace Letters 2010

_285 Parvenu: (Note) A sort of fundholder 1822, editions 1824,

The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley 2003

Some readers may possibly know that when that strangest of strange persons, Restif de la Bretonne (see the last chapter of this book), took up the title with the slight change or gloss of _Parvenu_ to _Perverti_, he was at least partly actuated by his own very peculiar, but distinctly existing, variety of moral indignation.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889

Parvenu_, above referred to; in _La Vie de Mon Père_ (a book agreeably free from any variety of that sin of Ham which some biographical writings of sons about their fathers display); and in the unpleasantly titled _Pornographe_, which is also morally intended, and dull enough to be as moral as Mrs. Trimmer or Dr. Forsyth.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889

No name can be mentioned at home or abroad but Parvenu happens to be on the most intimate terms with the owner, and when he is conversing, great names drop out of his mouth as plentifully as did the pearls from the pretty lips of the girl in the fairy story.

Worldly Ways and Byways Eliot Gregory 1884

Parvenu_ with the healthy animalism of _Joseph Andrews_ would greatly prefer the latter.

Fielding Austin Dobson 1880

For instance, Mrs.A. pays her annual visit, sits in her carriage and sends in her card with the lower right hand corner turned down, which signifies that she has "called in person;" Mrs. B: sends down word that she is "engaged" or "wishes to be excused" -- or if she is a Parvenu and low-bred, she perhaps sends word that she is "not at home."

The Gilded Age, Part 4. Charles Dudley Warner 1864

For instance, Mrs.A. pays her annual visit, sits in her carriage and sends in her card with the lower right hand corner turned down, which signifies that she has "called in person;" Mrs. B: sends down word that she is "engaged" or "wishes to be excused" -- or if she is a Parvenu and low-bred, she perhaps sends word that she is "not at home."

The Gilded Age A tale of today Charles Dudley Warner 1864