Poverty
/ˈpɒvəti/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality or state of being poor; lack of money uncountable, usually
"get into poverty"
- 2 the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions wordnet
- 3 A deficiency of something needed or desired uncountable, usually
"poverty of soil"
Example
More examples"Rye was called the grain of poverty."
Etymology
From Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertās, from pauper (“poor”) + -tas (“noun of state suffix”). Cognates include pauper, poor.