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nouveau riche

[ noo-voh reesh; French noo-voh reesh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural nou·veaux riches [noo, -voh , reesh, noo-voh , reesh].

a person who is newly rich:
the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.

nouveau riche

/ nuvo riʃ; ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ /

often plural a person who has acquired wealth recently and is regarded as vulgarly ostentatious or lacking in social graces

nouveau riche

A pejorative term for one who has recently become rich and who spends money conspicuously. From French, meaning “new rich.”

1805–15; < French: new rich (person)

French, literally: new rich

Then the international monetary boom and its immediate effects on China transformed the middle class into the nouveau riche.

And Jack come home from a long cruise, with prize-money in his pockets, was as ostentatious as any nouveau riche.

He really is a typical nouveau riche out of a novel (not one of your novels, darling).

"It looks rather—rather nouveau riche," said Clara, surveying the result.

One dozen bonbon dishes, five nouveau riche sugar shakers (we never use them), three muffineers—in heaven's name, what's that?

A case of nouveau riche retaining their old habits while their palace was being built.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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