nouveau

[noo-voh, noo-voh]

nou·veau

[noo-voh, noo-voh]
adjective
newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence: The sudden success of the firm created several nouveau millionaires.

Origin:
1805–15; < French: new; Old French novel < Latin novellus; see novel2
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Nouveau is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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nouveau or (before a plural noun) nouveaux (ˈnuːvəʊ)
 
adj
facetious, derogatory or (prenominal) having recently become the thing specified: a nouveau hippy
 
[C20: French, literally: new; on the model of nouveau riche]
 
nouveaux or (before a plural noun) nouveaux
 
adj
 
[C20: French, literally: new; on the model of nouveau riche]

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