Poor
41Poor — This interesting surname has two distinct possible origins, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly, the name may be locational from the Old French Pohier , indicating a native of Pois, a town in Picardy, North France, so called from… …
42poor — [13] Poor came via Old French povre from Latin pauper ‘poor’. This is thought originally to have been a compound meaning literally ‘getting little’, formed from paucus ‘little’ (a distant relative of English few) and parāre ‘get, prepare’ (source …
43poor — [13] Poor came via Old French povre from Latin pauper ‘poor’. This is thought originally to have been a compound meaning literally ‘getting little’, formed from paucus ‘little’ (a distant relative of English few) and parāre ‘get, prepare’ (source …
44poor — adjective Etymology: Middle English poure, from Anglo French povre, pore, from Latin pauper; akin to Latin paucus little and to Latin parere to give birth to, produce more at few, pare Date: 13th century 1. a. lacking material possessions b. of,… …
45poor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indigent (see poverty); inferior, faulty, unsatisfactory, imperfect, defective; humble; weak, flimsy. See insufficiency, imperfection, disease.Ant., rich, wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking …
46-poor — UK [pɔː(r)] / UK [pʊə(r)] / US [pʊr] suffix lacking: used with some nouns a resource poor country (= one that does not have many resources) a vitamin poor diet …
47-poor — a word element indicating a lack of a specified substance, attribute, etc., as in carbon poor soil, time poor parents …
48poor — adj. Poor is used with these nouns: ↑acceleration, ↑access, ↑accommodation, ↑acting, ↑administration, ↑aim, ↑appetite, ↑attendance, ↑background, ↑balance, ↑bloke, ↑ …
49poor — pÊŠr /pÊŠÉ™ adj. indigent, poor; miserable, woeful; wretched, pitiable; deficient, lacking n. people who live in poverty, indigents …
50poor in — lacking in. → poor …
