| 单词 | penurious of |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspenurious of a. Of a person: in need, poor, poverty-stricken. Also in extended use. †penurious of: lacking, wanting in (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor havelessOE unrichOE waedlec1000 armOE nakedOE helplessc1175 wantsomec1175 poora1200 barec1220 needfula1225 misease?c1225 unwealya1300 needyc1325 feeblec1330 poorful1372 mischievousc1390 miseasedc1390 indigentc1400 meanc1400 naughtyc1400 succourless1412 unwealthyc1412 behove1413 misterousa1425 misterfulc1480 miserablec1485 beggarly1545 starved1563 threadbare1577 penurious1590 fortuneless1596 wealthless1605 wantful1607 necessitous1611 inopulent1613 titheless1615 egene1631 starveling1638 necessitated1646 inopious1656 parsimonious1782 unopulent1782 lacking1805 bushed1819 obolary1820 ill-to-do1853 down at heel1856 po'1866 needsome1870 down-at-heeled1884 rocky1921 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 1 And a pennurious bodie is weakened, punished, exhausted. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. v. sig. Q6v Die rather would he in penurious paine,..Then his foes loue or liking entertaine. View more context for this quotation a1618 W. Raleigh Advice of Sonne (1651) 5 God is not so penurious of friends, as to hold himself and his Kingdome saleable for the refuse and reversions of their lives, who have sacrificed the principal thereof to his enemies. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 504 There are many such whining people, penurious protestants, triobolary Christians. 1715 C. Bullock Woman's Revenge ii. 37 If I were to bite a poor Poet, or a penurious Parson, who for want of Learning had but one good Meal in a Fortnight, it were a Sin. 1767 N.Y. Gaz. & Weekly Post-boy 31 Dec. 3/1 By this Means, the Linnen Manufactory may again be carried on, the publick Interest greatly promoted, many penurious Persons saved from Beggary. 1886 W. Pater Imag. Portraits (1887) iii. 113 A penurious young poet, who..would have grasped so eagerly..at the elegant outsides of life. 1941 Bulletin (Sydney) 7 May 16/2 Most penurious knot-carriers I have met put night ease ahead of a little extra daytime labor. 1993 Insight 11 Oct. 30/2 Cost-of-living adjustments should be eliminated for all but penurious pension recipients. < as lemmas |
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