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Definition of Impecunious
1. Adjective. Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
Similar to: Poor
Derivative terms: Impecuniousness, Pennilessness, Penuriousness, Penury
Definition of Impecunious
1. a. Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
Definition of Impecunious
1. Adjective. Lacking money. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impecunious
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impecunious
Literary usage of Impecunious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Although the word is not encountered all that often, when impecunious is used
... As Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms says, impecunious “may imply the ..."
2. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"The wise banker will either "buy off" such a promoter at the beginning, or else
reach back over his head to the real owners.1 Impecunious Owner-Promoters ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"11. prowl and impecunious is treated and entertained ; some good-natured creature
who likes to hear military yarns, and is proud of the privilege of paying ..."
4. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... on Friendly Terms — An Army of Vicious and Impecunious People — Startling
Figures. NIGHT in a police- station lodging-room is one of horror. ..."
5. French Men and French Manners by Albert Dresden Vandam (1895)
"... is — The impecunious Englishman face to face with " uncle;" the impecunious
Frenchman face to face with "aunt"—Documentary evidence with regard to one's ..."
6. Reminiscences of My Life by Charles Santley (1909)
"CHAPTER IV CONNECTION with the Kemble Family—Impecunious Relations— An Exception—Secret
Matrimonial Engagement—" The Gaff Blown "—" All's well that ends ..."
7. Fifty Years of Public Service by Arthur Griffiths (1904)
"... RA—Lord Haliburton and his Story of "Sam Slick "—Garrison Life—Impecunious
Subalterns—Harmless Flirtations and Other Pastimes—Pairing for the ..."
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