Synonyms for nouveau riche


Grammar : Noun
Spell : noo-voh reesh; French noo-voh reesh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnu voʊ ˈriʃ; French nu voʊ ˈriʃ

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Définition of nouveau riche

Origin :
  • 1813, French, literally "new rich." Opposite noveau pauvre is attested from 1965. Ancient Greek had the same idea in neo-ploutos "newly become rich."
  • noun newly rich
Example sentences :
  • What I didn't tell you is that we're nouveau riche—no class at all.
  • Extract from : « The Plastic Age » by Percy Marks
  • A case of nouveau riche retaining their old habits while their palace was being built.
  • Extract from : « A Journal from Japan » by Marie Carmichael Stopes
  • One saw it was not the over-dressing of the nouveau riche, but the rather old-world dandyism of a past generation.
  • Extract from : « Bird of Paradise » by Ada Leverson
  • But the demi-god has always much of the nouveau riche about him, and a gentleman is, after all, an exquisite product.
  • Extract from : « Prose Fancies » by Richard Le Gallienne
  • One dozen bonbon dishes, five nouveau riche sugar shakers (we never use them), three muffineers—in heaven's name, what's that?
  • Extract from : « Murder in Any Degree » by Owen Johnson
  • Tiglath then begins to boast about his gorgeous new residence with all the vulgarity of a nouveau riche.
  • Extract from : « Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria » by Lewis Spence
  • They buy their dresses at a place called Kress-Worth and look like Paris nouveau riche.
  • Extract from : « Mars Confidential » by Jack Lait
  • "Nouveau riche," thought Drusilla Browne, looking up from her own letters.
  • Extract from : « The Man From Brodney's » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • We belong to that despised class, 'nouveau riche,' therefore we are extremely short on noted ancestors and relics and things.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Of course there is the question of social standing—a very important matter with some parents of the "nouveau riche" type.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Catholic Morals » by John H. Stapleton

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