Word of the Day 9.22.9
penurious
pe·nu·ri·ous (p
-n
r
-s, -nyr-)
adj.
1. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
2. Yielding little; barren: a penurious land.
3. Poverty-stricken; destitute.
[From Medieval Latin pn
ri
sus, from Latin pnria, want.]
pe·nuri·ous·ly adv.
pe·nuri·ous·ness n.
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Adj. |
1. |
penurious – not having enough money to pay for necessitiespoor – having little money or few possessions; “deplored the gap between rich and poor countries”; “the proverbial poor artist living in a garret” |
2. |
penurious – excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner–denying himself every indulgence”stingy, ungenerous – unwilling to spend; “she practices economy without being stingy”; “an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds” |
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