nouveaun.

Brit.

/ˈnuːvəʊ/,

/nuːˈvəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌnuˈvoʊ/

Inflections: Plural nouveaus, nouveaux.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: nouveau riche n.

Etymology: Short for nouveau riche n.Not found in French in this sense.

derogatory.

= nouveau riche n. Usually in plural.In quot. 1927: (perhaps) that which characterizes the nouveau riche.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > newly rich person

parvenu1787

nouveau richea1796

new rich1892

narikin1918

nouveau1927

noove1983

Essex man1990

1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 246/1 There is never, even in his worst plays, a trace of the nouveau about Maugham.

1975 N.Y. Mag. 16 June 56/1 Hip actor-model types, a lot of nouveaux in high rises.

1981 C. Ross Scaffold 21 His wife..was not the jumped-up nouveau that he had anticipated.

1988 Financial Times 3 Sept. ii. p. xx/6 We are a nice cosy bunch. We don't want any frightful nouveaus jostling in and shouting, revving their Volvos, frightening the horses.

2001 Independent 4 Apr. i. 9 (heading) Could the naff nouveaux stop making a show of themselves?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nouveauadj.

Brit.

/ˈnuːvəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌnuˈvoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nouveau.

Etymology: < French nouveau new (see novel adj.). In sense 1 after nouveau riche n. With sense 2 compare art nouveau n., nouveau roman n. Compare new adj. 8b. Compare earlier nouvelle adj.

1. Frequently depreciative. Of a person or group of people: having recently acquired wealth or position (usually with connotations of ostentation or vulgarity); nouveau riche. Also: characteristic of or belonging to such a person or group.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > newly rich

new rich1857

nouveau riche1874

nouveau1955

new money1986

the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [adjective] > recently acquired

nouveau1955

1955 Holiday Jan. 76/3 The Hollywood rich were flamboyantly nouveau in the 1920s.

1966 Guardian 12 Jan. 7/6 The nouveau middle classes who just pulled themselves out of the two up and two down.

1971 Rolling Stone 24 June 15/2 He walks around the swimming pool behind his nouveau-money home.

1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 12 Aug. 4/3 He is just not glitzy enough for the uppity-yuppity crowd that tries to dominate the gossip..of nouveau backwater-bayous like our town.

2. Characteristic of the modern style; up to date, modern, fashionable. Also: designating a musical genre, political movement, subculture, etc., which supersedes, updates, or revives an earlier form of the same kind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > modern

modern1585

new-schoolish1844

New World1847

latter day1850

contemporary1859

unantiquated1859

todayish1864

contemporaneous1871

modernistic1878

presentist1878

up to date1888

down to date1893

up-with-the-times1893

de nos jours1909

up to the minute1909

chromium-plate1924

chromium-plated1924

contempo1944

now1955

New Wave1960

nouveau1974

1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens vi. 287 Still others may be the children of the noveau [sic] liberated or ‘swinger’ parents who have not taught them how to control or withdraw their sensory sexual impulses.

1982 Face May 4/1 King of nouveau smooch Vic Godard.

1986 Sunday Express Mag. 2 Nov. 12/3 Regine wants to shock, revolutionise and woo London to her £2 million nouveau niterie, housed in the old Empress Club in Berkeley Street.

1998 S. Reynolds Energy Flash vi. 173 Equating contemplation with complacency, nouveau punks like Manic Street Preachers and These Animal Men lambasted ambient-heads as nouveau hippies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nouveau
释义	nouveaun. Brit. /ˈnuːvəʊ/, /nuːˈvəʊ/, U.S. /ˌnuˈvoʊ/ Inflections: Plural nouveaus, nouveaux. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: nouveau riche n. Etymology: Short for nouveau riche n.Not found in French in this sense. derogatory. = nouveau riche n. Usually in plural.In quot. 1927: (perhaps) that which characterizes the nouveau riche. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > newly rich person parvenu1787 nouveau richea1796 new rich1892 narikin1918 nouveau1927 noove1983 Essex man1990 1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 246/1 There is never, even in his worst plays, a trace of the nouveau about Maugham. 1975 N.Y. Mag. 16 June 56/1 Hip actor-model types, a lot of nouveaux in high rises. 1981 C. Ross Scaffold 21 His wife..was not the jumped-up nouveau that he had anticipated. 1988 Financial Times 3 Sept. ii. p. xx/6 We are a nice cosy bunch. We don't want any frightful nouveaus jostling in and shouting, revving their Volvos, frightening the horses. 2001 Independent 4 Apr. i. 9 (heading) Could the naff nouveaux stop making a show of themselves? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nouveauadj. Brit. /ˈnuːvəʊ/, U.S. /ˌnuˈvoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nouveau. Etymology: < French nouveau new (see novel adj.). In sense 1 after nouveau riche n. With sense 2 compare art nouveau n., nouveau roman n. Compare new adj. 8b. Compare earlier nouvelle adj. 1. Frequently depreciative. Of a person or group of people: having recently acquired wealth or position (usually with connotations of ostentation or vulgarity); nouveau riche. Also: characteristic of or belonging to such a person or group. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > newly rich new rich1857 nouveau riche1874 nouveau1955 new money1986 the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [adjective] > recently acquired nouveau1955 1955 Holiday Jan. 76/3 The Hollywood rich were flamboyantly nouveau in the 1920s. 1966 Guardian 12 Jan. 7/6 The nouveau middle classes who just pulled themselves out of the two up and two down. 1971 Rolling Stone 24 June 15/2 He walks around the swimming pool behind his nouveau-money home. 1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 12 Aug. 4/3 He is just not glitzy enough for the uppity-yuppity crowd that tries to dominate the gossip..of nouveau backwater-bayous like our town. 2. Characteristic of the modern style; up to date, modern, fashionable. Also: designating a musical genre, political movement, subculture, etc., which supersedes, updates, or revives an earlier form of the same kind. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > modern modern1585 new-schoolish1844 New World1847 latter day1850 contemporary1859 unantiquated1859 todayish1864 contemporaneous1871 modernistic1878 presentist1878 up to date1888 down to date1893 up-with-the-times1893 de nos jours1909 up to the minute1909 chromium-plate1924 chromium-plated1924 contempo1944 now1955 New Wave1960 nouveau1974 1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens vi. 287 Still others may be the children of the noveau [sic] liberated or ‘swinger’ parents who have not taught them how to control or withdraw their sensory sexual impulses. 1982 Face May 4/1 King of nouveau smooch Vic Godard. 1986 Sunday Express Mag. 2 Nov. 12/3 Regine wants to shock, revolutionise and woo London to her £2 million nouveau niterie, housed in the old Empress Club in Berkeley Street. 1998 S. Reynolds Energy Flash vi. 173 Equating contemplation with complacency, nouveau punks like Manic Street Preachers and These Animal Men lambasted ambient-heads as nouveau hippies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1927adj.1955
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