new-rich

English

Adjective

new-rich (not comparable)

1. Having only recently become wealthy; nouveau riche.
   • 1968, Nerin E. Gun, Eva Braun: Hitler's Mistress, page 111:

     For Haus Wachenfeld was only a modest country house, a big Bavarian chalet which today would be looked at askance by a new-rich shopkeeper.