snob

snob
snob 1781, "a shoemaker, a shoemaker's apprentice," of unknown origin. It came to be used in Cambridge University slang c.1796 for "townsman, local merchant," and by 1831 it was being used for "person of the ordinary or lower classes." Meaning "person who vulgarly apes his social superiors" arose 1843, popularized 1848 by William Thackeray's "Book of Snobs." The meaning later broadened to include those who insist on their gentility, in addition to those who merely aspire to it, and by 1911 the word had its main modern sense of "one who despises those considered inferior in rank, attainment, or taste."

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  • snob — snob …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • snob — [ snɔb ] n. et adj. • 1843 le Snob, sobriquet; mot angl. « cordonnier », qui désignait en arg. de l université de Cambridge « celui qui n était pas de l université » ♦ Personne qui admire et imite sans discernement les manières, les goûts, les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • snob — SNOB, SNOÁBĂ, snobi, snoabe s.m. şi f., adj. (Persoană) care admiră şi adoptă fără discernământ şi cu orice preţ tot ce este la modă. – Din fr. snob. Trimis de RACAI, 07.12.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  SNOB adj. (rar) snobistic. (Gest snob.) Trimis de… …   Dicționar Român

  • snob — snob; snob·bery; snob·bish; snob·bism; snob·by; snob·dom; snob·ling; snob·bish·ly; snob·bish·ness; …   English syllables

  • snob — [snɔb US sna:b] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: snob shoemaker, person of low social rank (18 19 centuries)] 1.) someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class used to show disapproval ▪ Stop being such a snob. ▪ I don t… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Snob — Snob, n. [Icel. sn[=a]pr a dolt, impostor, charlatan. Cf. {Snub}.] 1. A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Essentially… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • snob — snòb agg.inv., s.m. e f.inv. CO 1. agg.inv., s.m. e f.inv., che, chi ostenta raffinatezza, cercando di assumere atteggiamenti propri di classi sociali più elevate | che, chi manifesta superiorità e disprezzo nei confronti di ciò che giudica… …   Dizionario italiano

  • Snob — Sm arrogante, sich übertrieben exklusiv gebende Person erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. snob, dessen Herkunft nicht sicher geklärt ist. Das Wort ist seit dem Ende des 18. Jhs. in nordenglischen Dialekten belegt… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • snob|by — «SNOB ee», adjective, bi|er, bi|est. of or having to do with a snob; snobbish …   Useful english dictionary

  • snob — /snob/, n. 1. a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others. 2. a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending… …   Universalium

  • Snob — 〈[snɔ̣b] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; abwertend〉 vornehm tuender Mensch, der nach gesellschaftl. Ansehen strebt, das Extravagante, Exklusive liebt u. auf andere hinabblickt [Etym.: <engl. snob, Ursprung unsicher, vielleicht urspr. Kurzform von lat.… …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

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