nouveau

[ noo-voh, noo-voh ]

/ ˈnu voʊ, nuˈvoʊ /

adjective

newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence: The sudden success of the firm created several nouveau millionaires.

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Origin of nouveau

1805–15; <French: new; Old French novel<Latin novellus;see novel²

Words nearby nouveau

nourishing, nourishment, nous, no use crying over spilt milk, no use, it's, nouveau, nouveau pauvre, nouveau riche, nouveau roman, nouveauté, nouvelle

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Horses may be the nouveau eco-friendly delivery van in some parts, but apparently not in big cities.
De Blasio Whipped by Horse Lobby|Josh Robin|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In nouveau hipster and increasingly expensive Brooklyn, nearly a quarter of people live below the poverty line.
Richard Florida Concedes the Limits of the Creative Class|Joel Kotkin|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Stylebook would appear to be as uncomfortable with the nouveau as Astor and McAllister were.
Is the AP Stylebook Archaic?|John McWhorter|June 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A major strain was a distaste for the Midwestern nouveau in particular.
Is the AP Stylebook Archaic?|John McWhorter|June 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Jacob Bernstein on how the nouveau young socialite has the old guard rolling in their graves.
A Socialite's Revenge|Jacob Bernstein|March 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The little Countess next door used to do stunts at the Nouveau Cirque.
Aladdin of London|Sir Max Pemberton
The man who made his fortune yesterday calls to-day's lucky fellow a nouveau riche and a parvenu.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864|Various
Bousquet: Nouveau trait de la vaccine et des ruptions varioleuses, Paris, 1848.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
Tiglath then begins to boast about his gorgeous new residence with all the vulgarity of a nouveau riche.
Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria|Lewis Spence
And certainly, no well-born American could unite with an art more hedonistic than Beverly's the old school and the nouveau jeu!
Lady Baltimore|Owen Wister

British Dictionary definitions for nouveau

nouveau

before a plural noun nouveaux

/ (ˈnuːvəʊ) /

adjective

(prenominal) facetious, or derogatory having recently become the thing specifieda nouveau hippy

Word Origin for nouveau

C20: French, literally: new; on the model of nouveau riche

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