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upstart

/ˈʌp.stɑɹt/ adjective C2
  1. Acting like a parvenu.
  2. Self-important and presumptuous.
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They are destined for each other by the voice of every member of their respective houses; and what is to divide them?--the upstart pretensions of a young woman without family, connections, or fortune!
Pride and Prejudice, p. 338 · B2
You would be no longer a lost child found, but you would be looked upon as an upstart, who had sprung up like a mushroom in the night.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 595 · C1

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