This week's theme
"New" words

This week's words
numismatics
nudiustertian
nouveau pauvre
pneumonic
nugacity

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PRONUNCIATION:

(NOO-voh POH-vruh)

MEANING:

adjective: Recently impoverished.
noun: One who is newly impoverished.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French nouveau (new) + pauvre (poor), patterned after nouveau riche. 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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