Impecunious
[,ɪmpɪ'kjuːnɪəs] or [,ɪmpɪ'kjunɪəs]
Definition
(a.) Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Rare.] Moneyless, penniless, out of money, short of money.
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Definition
adj. having no money: poor.—n. Impecunios′ity.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To be in a state of poverty. From Eng. in, and Lat. pecco, to sin, poverty being the greatest of all sins.
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Examples
- In the early telegraph days I remember going with him to see Mackay in 'The Impecunious Country Editor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This fiend has several imprudent letters--imprudent, Watson, nothing worse--which were written to an impecunious young squire in the country. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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