nooven.
/nuːv/, U.S. /nuv/ British slang.
= nouveau riche n. Cf. nouveau n.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person > newly rich person
parvenu1787
nouveau richea1796
new rich1892
narikin1918
nouveau1927
noove1983
Essex man1990
1983 Harpers & Queen Nov. 190/1 The physical shock of the Noov is as unpleasant to the liberal-minded Sloanes as hearing about them has been.
1994 Independent (Nexis) 4 Mar. 20 The trailers all hint at adultery and some possible candidates have begun to move in, including a lubricious noove who's just bought the Old Rectory.
1999 J. Burchill Married Alive vii. 104 The rich are different from us because they never look at price tags. This..[is] only true of extremely hedonistic aristos and a goodly proportion of the nooves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1983- spine-bill
- spine-bone
- spine-breaking
- spine-broken
- spine-case
- spine-chiller
- spine-chilling
- spine-chisel
- spine-clad
- spine-covered
- spine-cushion
- spine-eel
- spine-finned
- spine-fish
- spine-freezer
- spine-freezing
- spine-headed
- spine-lath
- spine-like
- spine-machine
- spine-oak
- spine-pad
- spine-pointed
- spine-pork
- spine-tail