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English Dictionary: penurious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for penurious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penurious adj not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched] excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner --denying himself every indulgence" Synonym(s): parsimonious, penurious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Penurious \Penu"rious\, a. [From {Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. [bd]A penurious niggard of his wealth.[b8] --Milton. 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. --C. Pitt. 3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] [bd]My penurious band.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly; stingy. See {Avaricious}. --{Penu"riously}, adv. -- {Penu"riousness}, n.