impecunious

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
23
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/(US)
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/ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs/(US) · /ˌɪm.pɪˈkjuː.ni.əs/(US)

Definition of impecunious

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Lacking money.
    “When I, good friends, was called to the bar, I'd an appetite fresh and hearty, But I was, as many young barristers are, An impecunious party.”
    “"Then what became of her?" "Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'" "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff." "Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers." "Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria." "Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways."”
    “[I]t would be a simple matter, sir, to find some impecunious author who would be glad to do the actual composition of the volume for a small fee.”
    “The Rhymney (51 route miles), once an impecunious hanger-on of the Taff Vale, had enjoyed its own route through Caerphilly into Cardiff since 1871, [...].”

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Etymology

From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”).

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