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Crockett’s nouveau approach to campaigning caught up with her.—Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Mar. 2026 The nouveau American fashion conglomerate was poised to rival European competitors like Louis Vuitton and Hermes owner LVMH and Gucci owner Kering—with soaring revenues to boot.—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026 America in all its decadence, in all its beauty, in all its nouveau naffness, and in all its total dominion over the entire Western world.—Mason Leath, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2025 With his signature lollipop, Miller Adams is kind of a nouveau bad boy — not actually bad at all, just slightly alternative.—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nouveau
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Etymology
borrowed from French, "new," going back to Middle French (back-formation from the plural nouveaulx, nouveaux), going back to Old French novel, going back to Latin novellus "young, tender (of plants or animals)," from novus "new" + -ellus, diminutive suffix — more at new entry 1