nouveau

[ noo-voh, noo-voh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence:
The sudden success of the firm created several nouveau millionaires.

nouveau

/ ˈ�Գ�ː��əʊ /

adjective

facetious.
prenominal having recently become the thing specified
a nouveau hippy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nouveau¹

1805–15; < French: new; Old French novel < Latin novellus; novel ²

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nouveau¹

C20: French, literally: new; on the model of nouveau riche

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Inspired by the influential Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha, Gwen Sukeena of Sukeena Design Studio created a flower-filled room for a teenage girl living during the 1930s.

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The showstopper: The walls of the room and bathroom are decorated with hand-painted Art Nouveau flowers she “fell in love with.”

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The real language police are inside the White House, and they’re running with a nouveau take on “alternative facts” all these years later.

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Writer Raphael Brion noted that she has considered calling it “grandma cooking nouveau.”

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Who does Johnson consider nouveau riche?

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no use crying over spilt milk nouveau pauvre

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