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Definition of Penniless
1. Adjective. Not having enough money to pay for necessities.
Similar to: Poor
Derivative terms: Impecuniousness, Pennilessness, Penuriousness, Penury
Definition of Penniless
1. a. Destitute of money; impecunious; poor.
Definition of Penniless
1. Adjective. Not having a penny; utterly impoverished; extremely poor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penniless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penniless
Literary usage of Penniless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1892)
"D., archdeacon of Berks (now bishop of Bath and Wells); she died in childbed,
sine prole; and (4) Elizabeth, a maid.] This month penniless Bench was set up ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1892)
"D., archdeacon of Berks (now bishop of Bath and Wells); she died in childbed,
sine prole ; and (4) Elizabeth, a maid.] This month penniless Bench was set up ..."
3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. poor (contextual), penniless, moneyless. 2. demolish, ruin, ruinate, unform (rare),
perish (archaic), subvert, fordo (archaic); spec, blot (used with ..."
4. A Dictionary of Archaic & Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1852)
"Cf. Nash's Pierce penniless, p. 11 ; Florio, iu v. Л ft/In no, who spells it tig
Ain. BIGGER. A builder. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"... leaving the iron frames round their necks. From that moment the Middleton Star
was defunct. CHAPTER XXI. HOMELESS, HOPELESS, penniless. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"The word seems, however, to he a variant of " deaner," which see. Down on the
hed rock (West American), penniless. . I was. mighty hard up at the ..."
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