Impecunious

//ˌɪm.pəˈkjuː.ni.əs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking money. not-comparable

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not having enough money to pay for necessities wordnet

Synonyms

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in straitened circumstancespoorimpoverishedbadly offbankruptbeggared

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"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."

Etymology

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

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