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"ref": "1921, Lord Frederic Hamilton, Here, There And Everywhere",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "nuwegeld"
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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"word": "مُحْدَث اَلنَّعْمَة"
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"roman": "noraharust",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "նորահարուստ"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nóvybahaty",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "новыбагаты"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "novobogatáš",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "luhkyam:saa.sac",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "လူချမ်းသာအသစ်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "nou-ric"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "暴發戶"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bou⁶ faat³ wu⁶",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "暴发户"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "tou² hou⁴",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "土豪"
},
{
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "發咾猛財的"
},
{
"alt": "fah⁴ lau²⁻¹ meng² cai¹ deh",
"code": "cjy",
"lang": "Jin Chinese",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "发咾猛财的"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "暴發戶"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàofāhù",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "暴发户"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǔháo",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "土豪"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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"word": "zbohatlík"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "novriĉulo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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"word": "uusrikkaat"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "nouveau riche"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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"word": "arriviste"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"word": "parvenu"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Neureicher"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Emporkömmling"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Parvenü"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "neóploutos",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "νεόπλουτος"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nuvórish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "נוּבּוֹרֶישֶׁ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nae amīr",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "नए अमीर"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kal kā navāb",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "कल का नवाब"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "újgazdag"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "parvenü"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "jöttment"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nýríkur maður"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "orang kaya baru"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "lucht an nuashaibhris"
},
{
"alt": "なりきん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "narikin",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "成り金"
},
{
"alt": "なりあがりもの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nariagarimono",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "成り上がり者"
},
{
"alt": "できぼし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dekiboshi",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "出来星"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jolbu",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "졸부"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeorakbuja",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "벼락부자"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "donju",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"North-Korea"
],
"word": "돈주"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "dinyanedîtî"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "novus homo"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "iškilėlis"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šinebajan",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "шинэбаян"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "noddoltân",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "نودولتان"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nowobogacki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nuworysz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "nowobogacz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dorobkiewicz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parweniusz"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "parvenu"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "arrivista"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "novo-rico"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parvenit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ajuns"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "căpătuit"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nuvoríš",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нувори́ш"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "parvenjú",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "парвеню́"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výskočka",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́скочка"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skorojević"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"word": "skorojevićka"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "arribista"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "nuevo rico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "nyrik"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "bagong-yaman"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "biglang-yaman"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "sonradan görme"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "kıro"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "nhà giàu mới nổi"
}
]
}
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"ref": "1899, Edith Wharton, “A Cup of Cold Water”, in The Greater Inclination",
"text": "Her supreme charm was the simplicity that comes of taking it for granted that people are born with carriages and country-places: it never occurred to her that such congenital attributes could be matter for self-consciousness, and she had none of the nouveau riche prudery which classes poverty with the nude in art and is not sure how to behave in the presence of either.",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "newly rich",
"word": "uusrikas"
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "նորահարուստ"
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "လူချမ်းသာအသစ်"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "nou-ric"
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"word": "發咾猛財的"
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"alt": "fah⁴ lau²⁻¹ meng² cai¹ deh",
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"word": "Neureicher"
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"word": "Emporkömmling"
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "újgazdag"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"word": "nýríkur maður"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "orang kaya baru"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "lucht an nuashaibhris"
},
{
"alt": "なりきん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "narikin",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "成り金"
},
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"alt": "なりあがりもの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nariagarimono",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "成り上がり者"
},
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"alt": "できぼし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dekiboshi",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "出来星"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jolbu",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "졸부"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeorakbuja",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "벼락부자"
},
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "donju",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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"word": "돈주"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "dinyanedîtî"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "novus homo"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "iškilėlis"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šinebajan",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "шинэбаян"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "noddoltân",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "نودولتان"
},
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nowobogacki"
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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],
"word": "nuworysz"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "dorobkiewicz"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "parweniusz"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"masculine"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "arrivista"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "novo-rico"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "parvenit"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
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"word": "ajuns"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"word": "căpătuit"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nuvoríš",
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"masculine"
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"word": "нувори́ш"
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"word": "парвеню́"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"word": "вы́скочка"
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"word": "skorojević"
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "arribista"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
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"word": "nuevo rico"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "nyrik"
},
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "bagong-yaman"
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "biglang-yaman"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "sonradan görme"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "kıro"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "new money: wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy",
"word": "nhà giàu mới nổi"
}
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-nouveau_riche.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-nouveau_riche.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-nouveau_riche.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-nouveau_riche.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "newly rich",
"word": "uusrikas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "newly rich",
"word": "neureich"
}
],
"word": "nouveau riche"
}
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