nou·veau (n  v , n-v)adj. New and different, often fashionably so: "The perfect [Los Angeles] combination: a gas station that is also a nouveau convenience store" (David Mermelstein). [From phrases such as art nouveau.] |
nouveau before a plural noun, nouveaux [ˈnuːvəʊ]
adj
(prenominal) Facetious or derogatory having recently become the thing specified a nouveau hippy
[French, literally: new; on the model of nouveau riche]
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