nabobery

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The behaviour of a nabob (generally disparaging).
2. isim A building frequented by nabobs or characteristic of a nabob.

   “Our hero’s regiment was shortly afterwards ordered to India, where he escaped all the horrors of that pestilential clime, and may, for what we know to the contrary, be seen daily, about three o’clock, enjoying a tiffin at the great nabobery in Hanover Square [i.e. the Oriental Club in London].”

3. isim Very wealthy people collectively (generally disparaging).

   “I refer to the talentless daughter of some rich man—the youthful feminine flower of Berlin Nabobry—who holds herself wonderfully gifted.”