PENURY


Meaning of PENURY in English

[pen.u.ry] n [ME, fr. L penuria, paenuria want; perh. akin to L paene almost] (14c) 1: a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money); esp: severe poverty

2: extreme and often niggardly frugality syn see poverty

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