Both Uses of
upstart
in
Anna Karenina
- 'I consent, count, and am ready to overlook it; but you perceive that my wife—my wife's a respectable woman —has been exposed to the persecution, and insults, and effrontery of young upstarts, scoundrels….'†
Part 2
- And you must understand, the young upstarts are present all the while, and I have to keep the peace between them.†
Part 2 *
Definition:
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(upstart) someone who recently acquired power (or acts as though they did), and disrespects others