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pe·nu·ri·ous

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–adjective

1.	extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.

2.	extremely poor; destitute; indigent.

3.	poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources.

[Origin: 1590–1600; < ML pénūriōsus. See penury, -ous

]

—Related forms

pe·nu·ri·ous·ly, adverb

pe·nu·ri·ous·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. tight, close, niggardly.

—Antonyms 1. generous.

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pe·nu·ri·ous Audio Help (pə-nŏŏr'ē-əs, -nyŏŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
Yielding little; barren: a penurious land.
Poverty-stricken; destitute.

[From Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus, from Latin pēnūria, want.]

pe·nu'ri·ous·ly adv., pe·nu'ri·ous·ness n.

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penurious
adjective
1.	not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: hard up]
2.	excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence" [syn: parsimonious]

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Penurious

Av`a*ri"cious\, a. [Cf. F. avaricieux.] Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

Syn: Greedy; stingy; rapacious; griping; sordid; close.

Usage: Avaricious, Covetous, Parsimonious, Penurious, Miserly, Niggardly. The avaricious eagerly grasp after it at the expense of others, though not of necessity with a design to save, since a man may be covetous and yet a spendthrift. The penurious, parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful self-denial, and the niggardly by meanness in their dealing with others. We speak of persons as covetous in getting, avaricious in retaining, parsimonious in expending, penurious or miserly in modes of living, niggardly in dispensing. -- Av`a*ri"cious*ly, adv. -- Av`a*ri"cious*ness, n.

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