Etymology

Trimalchio

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Today it means: A nouveau riche. Full definition →

Latin Trimalchiō
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromTrimalchiō
  2. English todayTrimalchio

Borrowed from Latin Trimalchiō, a wealthy freedman in the 1st century CE Roman work of fiction Satyricon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.