nounWord forms: pluralnouveaux riches (ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ, French nuvo riʃ)
1. (often plural)
a person who has acquired wealth recently and is regarded as vulgarly ostentatious or lacking in social graces
adjective
2.
of or characteristic of the nouveaux riches
Word origin
French, literally: new rich
Examples of 'nouveaux riches' in a sentence
nouveaux riches
Because aren't we now a nation of nouveaux riches?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These days, old money rubs shoulders with the nouveaux riches.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This house is not for the nouveaux riches.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's not more grotesque than the consumption of any nouveaux riches.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
These newly emerging nouveaux riches bought everything from boats to planes to country houses.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Indeed, the architect divided critics in his day — exuberant rooms were favoured by the nouveaux riches, while blue bloods deemed his glittering style too flamboyant.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
For all their prosperity and privilege, these nouveaux riches suffer from cultural deprivation and dislocation.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
The nouveaux riches always give themselves away by the manner in which they treat their servants.