Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

riches to rags

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: rich-es -to rags
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

From exceptional wealth to poverty.

noun

Of a person, whose situation drastically changes from fortunate to unfortunate.

Etymology

By reverse analogy with rags to riches.

Inflected Forms

riches-to-rags (alternative)

Antonyms

rags to riches

Questions

What does riches to rags mean?: From exceptional wealth to poverty.
Where does riches to rags come from?: By reverse analogy with rags to riches.

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