snobbishadj.
/ˈsnɒbɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈsnɑbɪʃ/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a snob.
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1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lvi. 112 This form of inquiry..he held to be of a disrespectful and snobbish tendency.
1846 W. M. Thackeray Snob Papers in Wks. (1886) XXIV. 332 I can conceive nothing more dangerous, insolent—Snobbish, in a word—than such an opposition.
1854 Illustr. London News 8 July 7/2 The snobbish display of plush breeches.
1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life vii. iii. 242 You will not suspect me of a snobbish desire to pay compliments to royalty.
2. Having the character of a snob.
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the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] > snobbish
airish1842
snobbish1850
head-in-air1888
high hat1924
toffee-nosed1925
snob1958
elitist1966
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > parvenu
new1611
parvenu1828
snobbish1850
shoddy1862
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > parvenu > characteristic of
snobby1846
snobbish1850
1850 J. G. Saxe Poems 32 Depend upon it, my snobbish friend, Your family thread you can't ascend.
1863 W. Phillips Speeches xv. 325 Snobbish sons of fathers lately rich.
1885 Spectator 30 May 714/2 Julian is..vain, cowardly, snobbish, and untrustworthy.
Derivatives
ˈsnobbishly adv.
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the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adverb] > snobbishly
snobbishly1848
snobbily1856
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adverb] > in manner of parvenu
snobbishly1848
1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs iii. 13 It encourages the Commoner to be snobbishly mean.
1892 I. Zangwill Big Bow Myst. iv. 51 One whom he seems snobbishly anxious to claim as a friend.
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adj.1841