new-rich

[ noo-rich, nyoo- ]

/ ˈnuˈrɪtʃ, ˈnyu- /

newly or suddenly wealthy.

characteristic of a newly or suddenly wealthy person: a new-rich display of expensive jewelry.

nouveau riche.

Origin of new-rich

First recorded in 1885–90

The "new-rich" have no other way of bringing themselves into notice and contempt.

Memoir of John Howe Peyton |Various
The new-rich American no longer commits the blunder of keeping his children innocent.

Lady Baltimore |Owen Wister
There is a race of the new-rich—of the recently honoured, here, who are French from their shoe-rosettes to their chignons.

The Cockaynes in Paris |Blanchard Jerrold
Among the highest types of American manhood to-day a large majority are the new-rich men.

Every Man His Own University |Russell H. Conwell

Is there any real difference between the new-rich and the new-cultured, Roger Poole?

Contrary Mary |Temple Bailey