nouveau pauvre

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau pauvre (“new poor”), modeled on nouveau riche (“new money”). === Noun === nouveau pauvre (plural nouveaux pauvres) A newly impoverished person; somebody who has recently become poor. [from 1965] === Adjective === nouveau pauvre (not comparable) Similar to or having the qualities of a nouveau pauvre. ==== Antonyms ==== nouveau riche