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peˈnuriousness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†a. Poverty, want, scantness, dearth (obs.)
b. Niggardliness, stinginess, meanness. Also fig.
c1629Donne Serm., John x. 10 (1640) 72 With what penuriousnesse..of devotion..of reverence do you meet him [Christ] here? 1630Ibid., Job xvi. 17. 132 The penuriousnesse of my fortune contracted by my sins. 1672Wilkins Nat. Relig. 334 Those, that out of penuriousness can scarce afford themselves the ordinary conveniences of life out of their large possessions, have been always accounted poor. 1759Dilworth Pope 126 To shew the waste of some, and the sordid penuriousness of others. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. ii. vii. §3 (1876) 173 They are oftener accused of penuriousness than prodigality. |