Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who has recently become rich, especially one who flaunts newly acquired wealth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- One who has recently acquired wealth; one newly enriched; hence, a wealthy upstart; a parvenu.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A person newly rich. Contrasted with
old money .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun 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. - adjective
Newly rich ; like a nouveau riche.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
- noun a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French : nouveau, new + riche, rich.]
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Borrowing from French nouveau riche (literally "new rich").
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Examples
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sionnach commented on the word nouveau riche
"the kind of people who buy their silver"
October 18, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word nouveau riche
But some people's mothers chose ugly silver!
Hi mom.
October 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word nouveau riche
Haha!
*looks around for mom*
October 19, 2007