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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 par·ve·nue /-ˌnu, ˌnju/

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 parvenue
      adj 1: characteristic of someone who has risen economically or
             socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for
             this new position [syn: nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart(a)]
      2: of or characteristic of a parvenu [syn: parvenu]