impecuniousadj.
/ɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs/ Having no money, penniless; in want of money.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money
to the boneOE
silverlessc1325
pennilessc1330
moneylessc1400
impecunious1596
crossless1600
penceless1605
unmoneyed1606
coinless1614
emptya1643
out of pocket1679
money-bound1710
broke1716
embarrassed1744
stiver cramped1785
plackless1786
taper1789
poundlessa1794
shillingless1797
unpennied1804
fundless1809
impecuniary1814
hard up1821
soldier-thighed1825
cashless1833
stiverless1839
fly-blown1853
strapped1857
stick1859
tight1859
stone-broke1886
stony1886
oofless1888
stony-broke1890
motherless1906
penny-pinched1918
skinned1924
skint1925
on the beach1935
potless1936
boracic1959
uptight1967
brassic1982
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O3 A poore impecunious creature.
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 240 Put him out, an impecunious creature.
1859 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. 4/6 To this paradise of credit the simple and impecunious addressed their letters.
1891 C. E. L. Riddell Mad Tour 69 A train of impecunious camp followers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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