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impecunious | penury |

As an adjective impecunious

is lacking money.

As a noun penury is

extreme want; poverty; destitution.

impecunious

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Lacking money.
  • * 1875 March 25, :
    • When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
    I'd an appetite fresh and hearty,
    But I was, as many young barristers are,
    An impecunious party.
  • * February 1896 , Ground-swells'', by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine ; page 183:
    • "Then what became of her?"
    "Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'"
    "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."
    "Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers."
    "Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria."
    "Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways."
  • * 1919 , :
    • [I]t would be a simple matter, sir, to find some impecunious author who would be glad to do the actual composition of the volume for a small fee.

    Synonyms

    * (lacking money) poor, penniless * See also

    Related terms

    * impecuniary * impecuniosity * impecuniously * impecuniousness

    penury

    English

    Noun

    (penuries)
  • extreme want; poverty; destitution.
  • * '>citation
  • a lack of something; a dearth; barrenness; insufficiency.

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