snob
English
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Pronunciation
- enPR: snŏb, IPA(key): /snɒb/
- Rhymes: -ɒb
Noun
snob (plural snobs)
- (informal) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]
- 1958, Arnold Wesker, Roots:
- If wanting the best things in life means being a snob then glory hallelujah I'm a snob.
- 1958, Arnold Wesker, Roots:
- (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker. [from 18th c.]
- 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, p. 57:
- The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […]
- 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, p. 57:
- (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner. [from 19th c.]
- 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:
- 'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of men of taste: not snobs.'
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt:
- I tell you, sir, that I have a brain of my own, and that I should feel myself to be a snob and a slave if I did not use it.
- 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:
- (archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, or who will not join a strike.
- (Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.
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Derived terms
Translations
person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔp
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snɔb/
Adjective
snob (plural snobs)
- snobbish, snobby
- 1954, “J’suis snob”, performed by Boris Vian:
- J’suis snob… J’suis snob / C’est vraiment l’seul défaut que j’gobe.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “snob” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈznɔb/[1]
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snôb/
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsnɔp/
Noun
snob m (genitive singular snoba, nominative plural snobi, genitive plural snobov, declension pattern of chlap)
Declension
Derived terms
- snobka
- snobský
- snobsky
- snobstvo
Further reading
- snob in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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