nouveau

• The design on it was art nouveau, a stylised exquisite pattern of gold leaves on a primrose ground. —  A Guilty Thing Surprised
• Yet by the Seventies, Impressionism was so beyond acceptability and respectability that it had become a barometer of accomplishment for the nouveau-riche, as well as an acquired taste for the aristocracy. —  Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed
• The food to which the poilu had, for nearly five years, been accustomed at the front was become, since the armistice, the exclusive monopoly of the capitalist or the nouveau-riche in the rear. —  The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
• He's abominably blatant and nouveau, and a terrible trial to talk to. —  Miss Gibbie Gault
• The lamp in the centre of the table was a bronze column supporting a hemisphere of heavy red and emerald glass, the colours woven into an intricate and bizarre design, after the manner of the art nouveau--so the zealous salesman had informed them. —  The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 2

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