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impecunious

[ im-pi-kyoo-nee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. having little or no money; penniless; poor.

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impecunious

/ ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs; ˌɪmpɪkjuːnɪˈɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. without money; penniless
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈܲԾdzܲ, adverb
  • ˌˈܲԾdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • p·n·dzܲ· adverb
  • p·n·dzܲ·Ա ···Ծ·Dz··ٲ [im-pi-kyoo-nee-, os, -i-tee], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of impecunious1

First recorded in 1590–1600; im- 2 + obsolete pecunious “wealthy,” from Latin ūԾōܲ, equivalent to ūԾ() “wealth” + -ōܲ -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of impecunious1

C16: from im- (not) + -pecunious, from Latin ūԾōܲ wealthy, from ūԾ money
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Synonym Study

See poor.
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Fans and players relatively unscathed, the pyramid structure affirmed, the current season’s integrity retained, clubs in trouble helped and the 14’s own playing staff not raided by clubs so impecunious they need their own goldmine.”

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The Manhattan Institute’s Brian Riedl reports that the overall personal-savings rate soared from 8 percent to 32 percent: People are avoiding air travel and restaurants not because they are impecunious but because they are prudent.

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As a young, eager-to-please novelist, he had transformed his impecunious father into the whimsical and charming Mr. Micawber of “Copperfield”; after his father’s death came a more selfish and unforgiving version in “Little Dorrit.”

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He wrote in a Nobel biography that he grew up in an environment of “secure but impecunious Midwestern academics.”

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“On both sides my family were secure but impecunious Midwestern academics,” Dr. Anderson wrote in his Nobel biography.

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