penury
51pauperization — noun 1. the act of making someone poor • Syn: ↑pauperisation, ↑impoverishment • Derivationally related forms: ↑impoverish (for: ↑impoverishment), ↑pauperise ( …
52pe|nu´ri|ous|ness — pe|nu|ri|ous «pih NUR ee uhs, NYUR », adjective. 1. mean about spending or giving money; stingy: »a penurious, accumulating curmudgeon (Washington Irving). He lived in the most penurious manner and denied himself every luxury (William Godwin).… …
53pe|nu´ri|ous|ly — pe|nu|ri|ous «pih NUR ee uhs, NYUR », adjective. 1. mean about spending or giving money; stingy: »a penurious, accumulating curmudgeon (Washington Irving). He lived in the most penurious manner and denied himself every luxury (William Godwin).… …
54pe|nu|ri|ous — «pih NUR ee uhs, NYUR », adjective. 1. mean about spending or giving money; stingy: »a penurious, accumulating curmudgeon (Washington Irving). He lived in the most penurious manner and denied himself every luxury (William Godwin). SYNONYM(S):… …
55pen·u·ry — /ˈpɛnjəri/ noun [noncount] formal : the state of being very poor : extreme poverty struggling with penury living in penury …
56Aristida dichotoma — Poverty Pov er*ty (p[o^]v [ e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF. povert[ e], F. pauvret[ e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. See {Poor}.] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need …
57Beggary — Beg gar*y, n. [OE. beggerie. See {Beggar}, n.] 1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty. [1913 Webster] 2. Beggarly appearance. [R.] [1913 Webster] The freedom and the beggary of the old studio. Thackeray.… …
58Danthonia spicata — Poverty Pov er*ty (p[o^]v [ e]r*t[y^]), n. [OE. poverte, OF. povert[ e], F. pauvret[ e], fr. L. paupertas, fr. pauper poor. See {Poor}.] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need …
59Insular — In su*lar, a. [L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F. insulaire. See {Isle}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
60Need — (n[=e]d), n. [OE. need, neod, nede, AS. ne[ a]d, n[=y]d; akin to D. nood, G. not, noth, Icel. nau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. n[ o]d, Goth. nau[thorn]s.] 1. A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.… …
