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new-rich

[ noo-rich, nyoo- ]

adjective

  1. newly or suddenly wealthy.
  2. characteristic of a newly or suddenly wealthy person:

    a new-rich display of expensive jewelry.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of new-rich1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

But the new rich, particularly the young, tend to be more progressive, or at least gentry liberal.

Indeed, the president seems to instinctively turn to his new rich friends, notwithstanding their notoriety.

Bribery was carried to a preposterous height, and the new-rich bought seats as openly as they bought their horses.

He probed briefly, finding her a good sort but a little too impressed with her own importance—new-rich, he guessed.

Thrives well upon new rich soils that are well supplied with humus.

There is a race of the new-rich—of the recently honoured, here, who are French from their shoe-rosettes to their chignons.

Our host is not one of the new rich who buy sets at a million dollars for performing this ceremony.

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