Parvenu (noun)
pah-ven-oo
(derogatory) A person of humble origin who has gained wealth, influence, or celebrity.
Early 19th century from French, literally ‘arrived’, past participle of parvenir, from Latin pervenire ‘come to, reach’.
Example sentences
“She’ll never be one of us, she doesn’t belong here and is nothing but a parvenu.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
