penurious
/ˌpenˈjuːɹiəs/pen-YOO-ree-uhs
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌpɛnˈjuɹiəs/pen-YOO-ree-uhs
Meaningin penury
Common meaning: very poor
Other meanings: also, very mean with money
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- penurwant, scarcityLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1331 · scan
- inoun ending: study, state or act
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
Journey through time
- Latinpēnūria, -ae‘want, scarcity’
- Frenchpenurie
- Englishpenury‘extreme poverty’
- Englishformed in English from penurypenurious‘very poor’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from penury + -ous.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PENURY, p.433 · scan
Roots
- pēnūria, -ae Latin “want, scarcity”
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