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- French · borrowed fromnouveau riche
- English todaynouveau riche
An unadapted borrowing from French nouveau riche (literally “new rich”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
nouveau riche
Today it means: New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy. Full definition →
French nouveau riche