nouveau

American

[noo-voh, noo-voh] / ˈnu voʊ, nuˈvoʊ /

adjective

newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence.

The sudden success of the firm created several nouveau millionaires.

nouveau British

/ ˈnuːvəʊ /

adjective

facetious (prenominal) having recently become the thing specified

a nouveau hippy

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Etymology

Origin of nouveau

1805–15; < French: new; Old French novel < Latin novellus; novel ²

Example Sentences

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One of these, a sinuous swirl of foliage at the base of the cathedral’s great lectern, tells us what the Art Nouveau architects of a later generation were looking at.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’ve been calling it bio nouveau.”

From Los Angeles Times

Unfortunately, Tony Dokoupil, the newly installed anchor of CBS Evening News and the face of the company’s nouveau regime-friendly rebrand, was not so lucky.

From Slate

A rarely seen look at the lives of craftsmen behind Meissen porcelain, French Art Nouveau glass and more.

From The Wall Street Journal

The results mostly resemble viney Art Nouveau type or wiggly psychedelia.

From The Wall Street Journal

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