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 noun

nouveaux

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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