ARRIVISME | • arrivisme n. (Sociology) The state or behaviour of an arriviste. • ARRIVISME n. (French) the state of being an arriviste, an upstart. |
ARRIVISTE | • arriviste n. (Derogatory) An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person… • ARRIVISTE n. (French) one that is a new and uncertain arrival (as in social position or artistic endeavor). |
CODRIVING | • codriving v. Present participle of codrive. • CODRIVE v. to work as a codriver. |
DEPRIVING | • depriving v. Present participle of deprive. • DEPRIVE v. to take something away from. |
DRIVINGLY | • drivingly adv. So as to drive or motivate. • drivingly adv. With forceful, inexorable motion. • drivingly adv. (Engineering) So as to drive. |
PRIVILEGE | • privilege n. (Ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope. • privilege n. (Countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others;… • privilege n. An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something). |
PRIVITIES | • privities n. Plural of privity. • privities n. (Archaic) The genitals. • PRIVITY n. private knowledge. |
QUADRIVIA | • quadrivia n. Plural of quadrivium. • QUADRIVIUM n. (Latin) a higher division of seven liberal arts studied in the Middle Ages, comprising arithmetic, music, astronomy, geometry. |
REDRIVING | • redriving v. Present participle of redrive. • REDRIVE v. to drive again. |
REPRIVING | • repriving v. Present participle of reprive. • REPRIVE v. (Spenser) to reprieve, also REPREEVE, REPRYVE. |
SHRIVINGS | • shrivings n. Plural of shriving. • SHRIVING n. (Spenser) shrift. |
STRIVINGS | • strivings n. Plural of striving. • STRIVING n. the act of striving. |
THRIVINGS | • thrivings n. Plural of thriving. • THRIVING n. the act of thriving. |
TIRRIVIES | • TIRRIVIE n. (Scots) a tantrum, a commotion, also TIRRIVEE. |
TRIVIALLY | • trivially adv. In a trivial manner. • TRIVIAL adv. insignificant. |