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penurious

[ puh-noor-ee-uhs, -nyoor- ]

adjective

  1. extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.

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  2. extremely poor; destitute; indigent.
  3. poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources.


penurious

/ 辫瑟藞苍箩蕣蓹谤瑟蓹蝉 /

adjective

  1. niggardly with money
  2. lacking money or means
  3. yielding little; scanty
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辫别藞苍耻谤颈辞耻蝉苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 辫别藞苍耻谤颈辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫别路苍耻顎价颈路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 辫别路苍耻顎价颈路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 耻苍顎卲别路苍耻顎价颈路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • un顎叡璞鹇凡猿茴价颈路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • un顎叡璞鹇凡猿茴价颈路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of penurious1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; from Medieval Latin 辫脓苍奴谤颈艒蝉耻蝉, from Latin paen奴ria, p膿n奴ria penury + -ous ( def )
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Even so, the general picture of a mother鈥檚 absence and a daughter鈥檚 understandable resentment at having had to pick up the maternal slack in penurious conditions comes through loud and clear.

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She wants to believe in his goodness, but the real issue is that she just can鈥檛 imagine her sad, penurious life without him.

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In a ruling July 28, McMahon called them 鈥渉apless, easily manipulated and penurious petty criminals鈥 who had no connection to any terrorist group and had 鈥渘ever remotely contemplated鈥 violent extremism before they met Hussain.

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In almost every case, at least one man, woman or child looks out from the penurious scene and stares squarely at the viewer, imploringly.

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There his followers learn about his penurious childhood and his own children's lives.

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