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impecuniary, a.|ɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪərɪ|
[f. im-2 + pecuniary.]
1. = impecunious.
1814Byron Wks. (1832) III. 95 Mr. Claughton, of impecuniary memory. 1825Lamb Eliana, Illustr. Defunct (1867) 413 Many an impecuniary epicure has gloated over his locked-up warrant for future wealth. 1825New Monthly Mag. XIII. 212 The impecuniary classes.
2. Not pecuniary; not having to do with money.
1855Bagehot Lit. Stud. (1879) I. 268 It is in vain that in this hemisphere we endeavour after impecuniary fancies. |