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snob

[ snob ]

noun

  1. a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
  2. a person who claims to be an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding this field:

    a musical snob.



snob

/ 蝉苍蓲产 /

noun

    1. a person who strives to associate with those of higher social status and who behaves condescendingly to others Compare inverted snob
    2. ( as modifier )

      snob appeal

  1. a person having similar pretensions with regard to his tastes, etc

    an intellectual snob

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉苍辞产产颈蝉丑濒测, adverb
  • 藞蝉苍辞产产别谤测, noun
  • 藞蝉苍辞产产颈蝉丑苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞蝉苍辞产产测, adjective
  • 藞蝉苍辞产产颈蝉丑, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补苍路迟颈路蝉苍辞产 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of snob1

First recorded in 1775鈥85; origin uncertain; first used as a nickname for 鈥渁 cobbler or cobbler's apprentice,鈥 hence 鈥渁 townsman, someone of low class or lacking good breeding, commoner,鈥 hence 鈥漵omeone who imitates persons of higher rank鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of snob1

C18 (in the sense: shoemaker; hence, C19: a person who flatters those of higher station, etc): of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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Daniels didn鈥檛 have the prestige TV snobs behind him either.

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I may get called a food snob on occasion, but that intended insult does not sting.

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"Amanda's an awful woman, of course," he said, "a backstabbing snob who treats her children as accessories and turns every encounter with her 'mum chums' at the school gates into a blood sport."

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As his luxury item, he selected a coffee machine, saying that he had become a "coffee snob" recently.

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One of Leonard鈥檚 sins turns out to be that he鈥檚 a snob who mocks Malcolm and Diane as 鈥淢r. and Mrs. Ken Burns of Canada.鈥

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