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nabobery

noun

Etymology

From nabob + -ery.

  1. derived from نُوَّاب
  2. derived from نَوَّاب
  3. derived from nababo
  4. suffixed as nabobery — “nabob + ery”

Definitions

  1. The behaviour of a nabob (generally disparaging).

  2. A building frequented by nabobs or characteristic of a nabob.

    • the gilded dome of Sezincote in the Cotswolds, that most enchanted of the naboberies

  3. Very wealthy people collectively (generally disparaging).

    • I refer to the talentless daughter of some rich man—the youthful feminine flower of Berlin Nabobry—who holds herself wonderfully gifted.
    • It was considered very chic in the 1870’s to own a vineyard and a private winery. Many of these survive, converted into châteaux by today’s successors to the nabobery.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA