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Definition of Penurious

Penurious
Penurious Pe*nu"ri*ous, a. [From Penury.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. ``A penurious niggard of his wealth.' --Milton. 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. --C. Pitt. 3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] ``My penurious band.' --Shak. Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly; stingy. See Avaricious. --Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness, n.

Meaning of Penurious from wikipedia

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- surname, Jhansiwale after the land of their forebears, Jhansi. He lived a penurious life and worked as typist at Indore. The Government of Uttar Pradesh had...
- 600 talents' weight of incense and myrrh, "that he might no longer be penurious" (so ran the message) "in his offerings to the gods." Who's who in the...
- 27 June 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015. "Shrivallabh Vyas: Paralysed and penurious". The Times of India. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015. "Why did Mithun...
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- agencies instead of their own specific appropriations. The cautious and penurious Ickes won out over the more imaginative Hugh S. Johnson as chief of public...
- 2016. Shubha, Shetty (3 April 2013). "Shrivallabh Vyas: Paralysed and penurious". The Times Group. Times of India. Retrieved 26 March 2016. "Veteran actor...
- also a talented singer. His jail term and fight for justice made him penurious; his wealth was lost in fighting the case. List of unsolved murders (1900–1979)...
- Roraback built up a political machine which was "efficient, conservative, penurious, and in absolute control". During the Great Depression, Connecticut began...
- Delahaye car company. The new owners unceremoniously dismissed Delâge with a penurious pension. Louis Delâge was nearly 60 when he found himself in a financial...