Both Uses of
pauper
in
Pygmalion
- It won't pauperize me, you bet.†
Act 2 *standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- But I, as one of the undeserving poor, have nothing between me and the pauper's uniform but this here blasted three thousand a year that shoves me into the middle class.†
Act 5pauper = someone who is very poor