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nouveau

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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; < F: new; OF novel < L novellus; see novel 2
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nou·veau   (nōō'vō, nōō-vō')   
adj.  New and different, often fashionably so: "The perfect [Los Angeles] combination: a gas station that is also a nouveau convenience store" (David Mermelstein).

[From phrases such as art nouveau.]
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