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penury
[ pen-yuh-ree ]
noun
- extreme poverty; destitution.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficiency.
penury
/ ˈ±èÉ›²ÔÂáÊŠ°ùɪ /
noun
- extreme poverty
- extreme scarcity
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of penury1
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ±èŧ²ÔÅ«°ù¾±²¹; akin to Greek ±è±ðî²Ô²¹ hunger, ±è±ð²Ôò¹ poverty
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of penury1
C15: from Latin ±èŧ²ÔÅ«°ù¾±²¹ dearth, of obscure origin
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He faced agony abroad, then penury in his adopted home.
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"Independence, I think, means penury for Wales, not success."
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If you're willing to force poor elderly people into even worse penury than they already are, you are their kind of gal.
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If that’s true, what conceivable difference could it make whether a few of the dinosaur oil and gas companies want to merge and go into the abyss of bankruptcy and penury holding hands?
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I first visited Moscow four decades ago, when it was a city devoid of primary colors eking out existence in the penury of Communism.
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