nouveau pauvre vs nouveau riche

nouveau pauvre

noun
  • A newly impoverished person; somebody who has recently become poor. 

adj
  • Similar to or having the qualities of a nouveau povre. 

nouveau riche

adj
  • Newly rich; like a nouveau riche. 

noun
  • New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy. 

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