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Trimalchios

Trimalchios is the plural of Trimalchio.

Meaning of Trimalchio

Noun

Trimalchio (plural Trimalchios or Trimalchiones)

  1. (rare) A nouveau riche.
    • To name living examples of him would be actionable; besides, you are old enough, surely, to remember the Great War against Germany, and the host of Trimalchiones and Fortunatæ whom it enknighted and endamed.1923, C. K. Scott Moncrieff, “On Reading Petronius; An Open Letter to a Young Gentleman”, in The Satyricon of T. Petronius Arbiter

Questions about Trimalchios

What is Trimalchios the plural of?
Trimalchios is the plural of Trimalchio.

Words near Trimalchios in the dictionary

  1. trimagic square
  2. trimagic squares
  3. trimagnesium
  4. Trimalchio
  5. Trimalchiones
  6. Trimalchios
  7. trimalleolar
  8. trimannose
  9. trimannoside
  10. trimannosides
  11. trimannosyl

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