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Valuing mostly art? Unlikely - he's got money but no taste
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vulgarian
Alternative clues for the word vulgarian
Word definitions for vulgarian in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"rich person of vulgar manners," 1804, from vulgar (adj.) + -ian .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Having the characteristics of a #Noun, vulgar. n. A vulgar individual, especially one who emphasizes or is oblivious to his or her vulgar qualities.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vulgarian \Vul*ga"ri*an\, n. A vulgar person; one who has vulgar ideas. Used also adjectively.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth)
Usage examples of vulgarian.
The foreigners sit in his parlor, hissing over him, leaving offensive films of sebum on everything they touch, trying to see him through this phase, clearly impatient with what they feel are the tastes of a loafer and vulgarian.
This was apparently in the nature of a canaille toast, for the six vulgarians guzzled their pots in unison, Shelyid joining in, with a passionate ardor so utterly inappropriate to the situation that even the lambs of the field, should they have been witness, would have bleated for his blood.
He saw himself as a ludicrous figure, acting as a pennyboy for his aunts, a nervous, well-meaning sentimentalist, orating to vulgarians and idealising his own clownish lusts, the pitiable fatuous fellow he had caught a glimpse of in the mirror.
We cannot get on while everywhere fools and vulgarians hold the levers that can kill, imprison, silence and starve men.
Luyten City offered everything, whores for whoremongers, gambling for gamblers, Feelies for those who wanted their kicks vicariously, nude shows for voyeurs, safe drugs for those who wanted to drop out for a while, illegal and even deadly drugs for more reckless souls, drinks for drinkers, culture in the form of live drama and museums for the aesthetic, vulgarity for vulgarians and, for Lex, a meacr steak, costing a week's pay, served by a sweet-faced little girl in the scantiest of costumes who told Lex that she was off duty at local midnight and that her cost was reasonable.