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Definitions: Parvenue |
ParvenueAdjective1. Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position. 2. Of or characteristic of a parvenu. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "parvenue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references) |
"Parvenue" is a common misspelling or typo for: parvenu. |
Synonyms: ParvenueSynonyms: nouveau-riche (adj), parvenu (adj), upstart(a) (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Parvenue |
| Non-English Usage: "Parvenue" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (reached). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Words beginning with "parvenue": parvenues. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-n-p-r-u-v" | |
-1 letter: parvenu. | |
-2 letters: avenue, eupnea, pareve, prevue, repave. | |
-3 letters: arpen, enure, nerve, never, pareu, parve, paver, perea, preen, prune, puree, ranee, raven, reave, revue, rupee, veena, venae, venue. | |
-4 letters: aper, aver, earn, eave, erne, even, ever, nape, nave, neap, near, neep, neve, pane, pare, pave, pean, pear, peen, peer, prau, pree, puna, pure, rape, rave, reap, rune, urea, uvea, vane, veep, veer, vena, vera. | |
-5 letters: ane, ape, are, ave, ear, eau, era, ere, ern, eve, nae, nap, nee, pan, par, pea, pee, pen, per, pun, pur, ran, rap, ree, rep, rev, rue, run, urn, van, var, vau, vee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-n-p-r-u-v" | |
+1 letter: parvenues. | |
+2 letters: purveyance, supernovae. | |
+3 letters: purveyances. | |
+4 letters: peradventure, unpersuasive. | |
+5 letters: peradventures, uncooperative. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 76 65 6E 75 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. ...- . -. ..- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01110110 01100101 01101110 01110101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r v e n u e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0076 0065 006E 0075 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067848871808771 |
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