upstart

English

Etymology

up- +‎ start

Noun

upstart (plural upstarts)

1. One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, Internal Combustion^[1]:

     But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

   • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, the Guardian:

     Where the Czech upstart Rosol, ranked 100 in the world, all but blew Nadal's head off with his blunderbuss in a fifth set of unrivalled intensity on Thursday night, Benneteau, a more artful citizen, used a rapier to hurt his vaunted foe before falling just short of a kill. In the end, it was he who staggered from the scene of the fight.

Synonyms

• arriviste
• nouveau riche
• parvenu

Translations

one who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but has not received social acceptance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴發戶 (cmn), 暴发户 (cmn) (bàofāhù)

• Czech: povýšenec (cs) m
• Dutch: nieuwkomeling (nl) m
• Finnish: nousukas, uusrikas
• French: parvenu (fr) m, arriviste (fr) m, nouveau riche (fr) m
• German: Emporkömmling (de) m, Parvenü (de) m, Neureicher (de) m
• Greek: αριβίστας (el) (arivístas) m
• Icelandic: uppskafningur (is) m

• Japanese: 成り金 (ja) (なりきん, narikin), 成り上がり者 (ja) (なりあがりもの, nariagari-mono), 出来星 (ja) (できぼし, dekiboshi)
• Latin: novus homo (la) m
• Norwegian: oppkomling (no) m
• Russian: выскочка (ru) (výskočka) m and f, нувориш (ru) (nuvoríš) m, парвеню (ru) (parvenjú) m (indeclinable)
• Spanish: advenedizo (es) m, advenediza (es) f, (unscrupulous upstart) arribista (es) m and f, nuevo rico (es) m

Adjective

upstart

1. self-important and presumptuous

Translations

self-important and presumptuous

• Finnish: nousukasmainen (fi)
• Italian: arricchito (it), parvenu (it)

• Spanish: advenedizo (es), (unscrupulous upstart) arribista (es)

Verb

upstart (third-person singular simple present upstarts, present participle upstarting, simple past and past participle upstarted)

1. to rise suddenly, to spring

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Anagrams

• start up, start-up, startup