impecunious

  • 11impecunious — adjective formal or humorous having very little money, especially over a long period: a gifted but impecunious painter impecuniously adverb impecuniousness noun (U) …

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  • 12impecunious — adjective she left Evansville to escape the solicitations of her impecunious relatives Syn: penniless, poor, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, hard up, poverty stricken, needy, destitute; in straitened circumstances, unable to make ends meet;… …

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  • 13impecunious — adjective Etymology: 1in + obsolete English pecunious rich, from Middle English, from Latin pecuniosus, from pecunia money more at fee Date: 1596 having very little or no money usually habitually ; penniless • impecuniosity noun • impecuniously… …

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  • 14impecunious — impecuniously, adv. impecuniousness, impecuniosity /im pi kyooh nee os i tee/, n. /im pi kyooh nee euhs/, adj. having little or no money; penniless; poor. [1590 1600; IM 2 + obs. pecunious wealthy < L pecuniosus, equiv. to pecuni(a) wealth + osus …

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  • 15impecunious — adjective /ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs,ˌɪm.pɪˈkjuː.ni.əs/ Lacking money. When I, good friends, was called to the bar, Syn: poor, penniless See Also: impecuniary, impecuniosity, impecuniously, impecuniousness …

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  • 16impecunious — Synonyms and related words: badly off, destitute, distressed, down to bedrock, embarrassed, feeling the pinch, hard up, ill off, in Queer Street, in narrow circumstances, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, land poor, narrow,&#8230; …

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  • 17impecunious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insolvent, destitute, broke*; see poor 1 . See Synonym Study at poor . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, down and out, impoverished, indigent, necessitous,&#8230; …

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  • 18impecunious — im|pe|cu|ni|ous [ ,ımpə kjuniəs ] adjective VERY FORMAL not having much money: POOR …

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  • 19impecunious — im·pe·cu·ni·ous || ‚ɪmpɪ kjuːnɪəs adj. lacking money, poor …

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  • 20impecunious — [ˌɪmpɪ kju:nɪəs] adjective having little or no money. Derivatives impecuniosity noun impecuniousness noun Origin C16: from in 1 + obs. pecunious wealthy (from L. pecuniosus, from pecunia money ) …

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