nouveau riche
noun/ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/
/ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/
(plural nouveaux riches
(from French, disapproving)/ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/
/ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/
, the nouveau riche)- a person who has recently become rich and likes to show how rich they are in a very obvious wayTopics People in societyc2Word OriginFrench, literally ‘new rich’.
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