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penurious

adj
/pəˈnjʊə.ɹi.əs//pəˈnjʊɹ.i.əs/US

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus. See penury from Latin penuria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”), c. 1400. Compare French pénurie.

  1. derived from pēnūriōsus

Definitions

  1. Miserly

    Miserly; excessively cheap.

    • The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.

  2. Not bountiful

    Not bountiful; thin; scant.

    • The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.

  3. Impoverished

    Impoverished; wanting for money.

    • The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.

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Derived

penuriously, penuriousness, unpenurious

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA