nouveau riche
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noun
- New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.
adj
- Newly rich; like a nouveau riche.
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An unadapted borrowing from French nouveau riche (literally “new rich”).
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