- A
parvenu is a
person who is a
relative newcomer to a high-ranking
socioeconomic class. The word is
borrowed from the
French language; it is the past participle...
-
Sauvignon grapes.
Blackbird Vineyard also
makes rosé wine
called Arriviste.
Arriviste is a
blend of Blackbird's
three signature grapes:
Cabernet Sauvignon...
- 1920s, he was
against fascism,
calling Oswald Mosley "a
bounder and an
arriviste". By 1935, he was
calling Mussolini a
deranged and
dangerous egomaniac...
- and its new
Liudolfing king,
Henry the Fowler, was seen by many as an
arriviste. He
needed a
royal marriage for his son to
establish his legitimacy, but...
-
Viscount Iveagh,
fought at the
Battle of the
Boyne in 1690.
Members of the
arriviste Guinness family,
wishing for more
impressive origins, have long claimed...
- of New York City grew
almost exponentially, and
immigrants and
wealthy arrivistes from the
Midwest began challenging the
dominance of the old New York Establishment...
- to
refer to
someone as a
Rastignac is to call him or her an
ambitious arriviste or
social climber. The
following list is
organized with, first, the date...
-
Muchnic (October 15, 1995). "Art Smart:
Larry Gagosian was
regarded as an
arriviste in the
gallery world of New York. Now, he has
returned to open a gallery...
-
those living a
garish lifestyle with
their newfound wealth; see also
arriviste and parvenu.
nouvelle vague lit. "new wave." Used for
stating a new way...
- few friends. He
wrote to a
friend that
Buenos Aires was now "overrun by
arrivistes, by
correct youths lacking any
mental equipment, and
decorative young...
