nouveau
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nou·veau
(no͞o′vō, no͞o-vō′)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.]
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nouveau
(ˈnuːvəʊ) or before a plural nounnouveaux
adj
(prenominal) facetious or derogatory having recently become the thing specified: a nouveau hippy.
[C20: French, literally: new; on the model of nouveau riche]
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nou•veau
(ˈnu voʊ, nuˈvoʊ)adj.
newly or recently created, developed, or come to prominence.
[1805–15; < French: new; Old French novel < Latin novellus]
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