Nouveau Riche Definition

no͝ovō rēsh
nouveaux-riches
noun
A person who has only recently become rich.
Webster's New World
(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
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adjective

Newly rich; like a nouveau riche.

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Other Word Forms of Nouveau Riche

Noun

Singular:
nouveau riche
Plural:
nouveaux-riches

Origin of Nouveau Riche

  • Borrowing from French nouveau riche (literally “new rich").

    From Wiktionary

  • French nouveau new riche rich

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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