nouveau richen.adj.

Brit.

/ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/, U.S.

/ˈˌnuˈˌvoʊ ˈriʃ/

Inflections: Plural nouveaux riches, (rare) nouvelles riches;

Forms: 1700s– nouveau riche, 1900s– nouvelle riche Brit.

/ˌnuːvɛl ˈriːʃ/, U.S.

/ˈˌnuˈˌvɛl ˈriʃ/ (denoting a woman, after French feminine form, rare).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nouveau riche.

Etymology: < French nouveau riche (late 17th cent.) < nouveau new (see novel adj.) + riche rich adj. Compare nouveau poor n.

A. n.

A person who has recently acquired wealth, esp. one who displays this in an ostentatious or vulgar fashion. Also with plural agreement (usually with the): such people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > newly rich person

parvenu1787

nouveau richea1796

new rich1892

narikin1918

nouveau1927

noove1983

Essex man1990

a1796 R. Burns Compl. Wks. (1859) 315 A story is current of a celebrated nouveau-riche.

1802 M. Edgeworth Let. 1 Dec. in M. Edgeworth in France & Switzerland (1979) 38 They mix with people of wealth and fashion—with the nouveaux-riches and les anciens nobles.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xxiii. 193 You never pass by the white and modern mansion of a nouveau riche.

1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe II. xvii. 278 His manner became so dry and repellent that visitors went away moralizing on the absurdity of nouveaux riches taking so much state on them.

1927 ‘M. Dekobra’ tr. N. Wainwright Madonna of Sleeping Cars iii. 39 The Duchesses from Grosvenor Square, the nouvelles riches from Regents Park.

1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 76/1 The elder members of the two families..are..rather crudely drawn caricatures of the nouveau riche.

1972 T. Aronson Queen Victoria & Bonapartes ix. 111 The society of the Second Empire—the courtesans, the financiers, the foreign adventurers, the nouveaux riches.

2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 265/1 Chau van is currently being revived by..a class of nouveau riche keen for the goddesses to intercede and protect their business interests.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the nouveau riche; newly wealthy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > newly rich

new rich1857

nouveau riche1874

nouveau1955

new money1986

1874 Galaxy May 679/1 That distressing nouveau riche ostentation which is for ever drawing attention to trifles.

1899 E. Wharton Greater Inclination 187 She had none of the nouveau riche prudery which classes poverty with the nude in art.

1917 Papers & Proc. 29th Ann. Meeting Amer. Econ. Assoc. (Amer. Econ. Rev. Vol. 7 No. 1 Suppl.) 236 The familiar and troublesome social ferment of a nouveau riche class arising from the commerce of war time.

1966 R. Ellison in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 404 Some of the nouveau riche oilmen who were members of the club.

1989 Lit. Rev. Aug. 50/2 Berlin..was ‘snobbish, nouveau riche, uncultured—everyone looked on her as the goal of their desires’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nouveau riche
释义	nouveau richen.adj. Brit. /ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/, U.S. /ˈˌnuˈˌvoʊ ˈriʃ/ Inflections: Plural nouveaux riches, (rare) nouvelles riches; Forms: 1700s– nouveau riche, 1900s– nouvelle riche Brit. /ˌnuːvɛl ˈriːʃ/, U.S. /ˈˌnuˈˌvɛl ˈriʃ/ (denoting a woman, after French feminine form, rare). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French nouveau riche. Etymology: < French nouveau riche (late 17th cent.) < nouveau new (see novel adj.) + riche rich adj. Compare nouveau poor n. A. n. A person who has recently acquired wealth, esp. one who displays this in an ostentatious or vulgar fashion. Also with plural agreement (usually with the): such people as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > newly rich person parvenu1787 nouveau richea1796 new rich1892 narikin1918 nouveau1927 noove1983 Essex man1990 a1796 R. Burns Compl. Wks. (1859) 315 A story is current of a celebrated nouveau-riche. 1802 M. Edgeworth Let. 1 Dec. in M. Edgeworth in France & Switzerland (1979) 38 They mix with people of wealth and fashion—with the nouveaux-riches and les anciens nobles. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xxiii. 193 You never pass by the white and modern mansion of a nouveau riche. 1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe II. xvii. 278 His manner became so dry and repellent that visitors went away moralizing on the absurdity of nouveaux riches taking so much state on them. 1927 ‘M. Dekobra’ tr. N. Wainwright Madonna of Sleeping Cars iii. 39 The Duchesses from Grosvenor Square, the nouvelles riches from Regents Park. 1957 New Yorker 2 Nov. 76/1 The elder members of the two families..are..rather crudely drawn caricatures of the nouveau riche. 1972 T. Aronson Queen Victoria & Bonapartes ix. 111 The society of the Second Empire—the courtesans, the financiers, the foreign adventurers, the nouveaux riches. 2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 265/1 Chau van is currently being revived by..a class of nouveau riche keen for the goddesses to intercede and protect their business interests. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the nouveau riche; newly wealthy. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > newly rich new rich1857 nouveau riche1874 nouveau1955 new money1986 1874 Galaxy May 679/1 That distressing nouveau riche ostentation which is for ever drawing attention to trifles. 1899 E. Wharton Greater Inclination 187 She had none of the nouveau riche prudery which classes poverty with the nude in art. 1917 Papers & Proc. 29th Ann. Meeting Amer. Econ. Assoc. (Amer. Econ. Rev. Vol. 7 No. 1 Suppl.) 236 The familiar and troublesome social ferment of a nouveau riche class arising from the commerce of war time. 1966 R. Ellison in A. Chapman New Black Voices (1972) 404 Some of the nouveau riche oilmen who were members of the club. 1989 Lit. Rev. Aug. 50/2 Berlin..was ‘snobbish, nouveau riche, uncultured—everyone looked on her as the goal of their desires’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1796
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