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im⋅pe⋅cu⋅ni⋅ous

  [im-pi-kyoo-nee-uhs]
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–adjective
having little or no money; penniless; poor.
Origin:
1590–1600; im- 2 + obs. pecunious wealthy < L pecūniōsus, equiv. to pecūni(a) wealth + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
im⋅pe⋅cu⋅ni⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
im⋅pe⋅cu⋅ni⋅ous⋅ness, im⋅pe⋅cu⋅ni⋅os⋅i⋅ty  [im-pi-kyoo-nee-os-i-tee] , noun

Synonyms:
destitute, poverty-stricken. See poor.
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im·pe·cu·ni·ous   (ĭm'pĭ-kyōō'nē-əs)   
adj.  Lacking money; penniless. See Synonyms at poor.

[in-1 + pecunious, rich (from Middle English, from Old French pecunios, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia, money, wealth; see peku- in Indo-European roots).]
im'pe·cu'ni·ous·ly adv., im'pe·cu'ni·ous·ness, im'pe·cu'ni·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n.
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Impecunious

Im"pe*cu"ni*ous\, a. [L. im- not + pecunia money: cf. F. imp['e]cunieux.] Not having money; habitually without money; poor.

An impecunious creature. --B. Jonson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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impecunious 
"lacking in money," 1596, from in- "not" + L. pecuniosus "rich," from pecunia "money, property."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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