nouveau

[ noo-voh, noo-voh ]

/ ˈnu voʊ, nuˈvoʊ /

newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence: The sudden success of the firm created several nouveau millionaires.

Origin of nouveau

1805–15; < French: new; Old French novel < Latin novellus; see novel²

Horses may be the nouveau eco-friendly delivery van in some parts, but apparently not in big cities.

De Blasio Whipped by Horse Lobby |Josh Robin |March 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In nouveau hipster and increasingly expensive Brooklyn, nearly a quarter of people live below the poverty line.

Richard Florida Concedes the Limits of the Creative Class |Joel Kotkin |March 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Stylebook would appear to be as uncomfortable with the nouveau as Astor and McAllister were.

Is the AP Stylebook Archaic? |John McWhorter |June 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A major strain was a distaste for the Midwestern nouveau in particular.

Is the AP Stylebook Archaic? |John McWhorter |June 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Jacob Bernstein on how the nouveau young socialite has the old guard rolling in their graves.

A Socialite's Revenge |Jacob Bernstein |March 9, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
The little Countess next door used to do stunts at the Nouveau Cirque.

Aladdin of London |Sir Max Pemberton
The man who made his fortune yesterday calls to-day's lucky fellow a nouveau riche and a parvenu.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 |Various
Bousquet: Nouveau trait de la vaccine et des ruptions varioleuses, Paris, 1848.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various
Tiglath then begins to boast about his gorgeous new residence with all the vulgarity of a nouveau riche.

Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria |Lewis Spence
And certainly, no well-born American could unite with an art more hedonistic than Beverly's the old school and the nouveau jeu!

Lady Baltimore |Owen Wister

nouveau

/ (ˈnuːvəʊ) /

(prenominal) facetious, or derogatory having recently become the thing specified a nouveau hippy

C20: French, literally: new; on the model of nouveau riche