nabobery

== English == === Alternative forms === nabobry, nabobbery === Etymology === From nabob +‎ -ery. === Noun === nabobery (usually uncountable, plural naboberies) The behaviour of a nabob (generally disparaging). 2001, Archie Baron, An Indian Affair, London: Channel 4 Books, Chapter 7, p. 169,[1] Respecting Indian ways and mastering Indian politics, intrigues and all, may have been the key to his success and the Company’s survival in the subcontinent. But to many in Britain this reeked of Oriental despotism and ‘un-British’ nabobery. A building frequented by nabobs or characteristic of a nabob. Very wealthy people collectively (generally disparaging). Synonyms: elite, upper crust