dex'u meu englezesc zice că e sinonim cu snot sau cu prig. şi cică la baza dex-ului stau definiţiile de la Princeton.
etymonline.com îl defineşte ca:
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1781, "a shoemaker, a shoemaker's apprentice," of unknown origin. It came to be used in Cambridge University slang c.1796 for "townsman, local merchant," and by 1831 it was being used for "person of the ordinary or lower classes." Meaning "person who vulgarly apes his social superiors" arose 1843, popularized 1848 by William Thackeray's "Book of Snobs." The meaning later broadened to include those who insist on their gentility, in addition to those who merely aspire to it, and by 1911 had its main modern sense of "one who despises those considered inferior in rank, attainment, or taste."
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şi iată ce zice Larousse:
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snob =(anglais snob, personne qui n'est pas de l'université)
Qui affecte et admire les manières, les opinions qui sont en vogue dans les milieux qui passent pour distingués et qui méprise tout ce qui n'est pas issu de ces milieux.
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