Meaning of IMPECUNIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | `impi'kyooneeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] not having enough money to pay for necessities |
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| | Synonyms: | | hard up, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched, poor |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | badly off, destitute, distressed, down to bedrock, embarrassed, feeling the pinch, hard up, ill off, in narrow circumstances, in Queer Street, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, land-poor, narrow, on the edge, out of pocket, pinched, poor, poorly off, poverty-stricken, reduced, short, short of cash, short of funds, short of money, squeezed, straitened, strapped, unmoneyed, unprosperous |
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