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nouveau pauvre PRONUNCIATION: (NOO-voh POH-vruh) <http://wordsmith.org/words/nouveau_pauvre.mp3> http://wordsmith.org/words/images/sound-icon.png MEANING: adjective: Recently impoverished. noun: One who is newly impoverished. ETYMOLOGY: >From French nouveau (new) + pauvre (poor), patterned after nouveau riche <http://wordsmith.org/words/nouveau_riche.html> . Earliest documented use: 1877. USAGE: "[Hope's] nouveau pauvre mother, Evangeline, has betrothed her daughter to the wealthy Lord Evelyn Oakleigh in a bid to restore the family fortunes." Ben Brantley; A Glimpse of Stocking?; The New York Times; Apr 7, 2011.
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