ADJECTIVE
- characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position
NOUN
- a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
How To Use nouveau-riche In A Sentence
- Not to mention the strangeness he probably saw while living amongst all of that Nouveau-Riche Negritude. Archive 2009-08-01
- It was he who called the nouveau-riche women of Boca the "Bocahontases" in his popular Sun-Sentinel column while he was still living in West Palm Beach. Post-gazette.com - News
