penurityn.

Brit.

/pᵻˈnjʊərᵻti/,

/pᵻˈnjɔːrᵻti/, U.S.

/pəˈn(j)ʊrədi/, Scottish English

/pᵻˈn(j)urᵻtɪ/

Forms: late Middle English penurite, 1900s– penurity; Scottish pre-1700 pennurite, pre-1700 penuratie, pre-1700 penurite, pre-1700 penuritie, pre-1700 penuryte, pre-1700 punirite (transmission error).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pēnūria , -ity suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin pēnūria penury n. + -ity suffix.

Chiefly Scottish. Now rare.

†1. = penury n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything

littleOE

dear cheapc1325

dearth1340

scanta1350

scantityc1386

scarcenessa1387

scarcitya1400

chertea1420

penury?a1425

poverty?1440

penuritya1500

geason1509

carity1530

scantness1543

famishment1569

fewty1596

famine1611

stint1651

grutch1815

a1500 Let. Alexander l. 396 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 135 But it was hard thider to go, for the penurite and scarste [L. penuriam] of water, and many other Impedymentis.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 386 Tuichand our tongis penurite.

1594 A. Hume Treat. Felicitie Pref. sig. A2^v I speake so, for penuritie of language.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 35 In vthir places, for the penuritie of wodis, out of the ȝeard we cutt, peates.

2. = penury n. 1. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]

waedlec888

wanspeedc893

wanea1100

wandrethc1175

miseasea1200

povertya1225

lowness?c1225

needc1225

orcostc1225

poorness?a1300

unwealtha1300

defaultc1300

porailc1325

straitnessa1340

poorhead1340

mischiefa1375

miseasetya1382

needinessa1382

misterc1385

indigencec1386

scarcitya1387

noughtc1400

scantnessc1400

necessity?1406

penurya1425

povertnessa1434

exilitya1439

wantc1450

scarcenessc1475

needinga1500

povertiesa1500

penurity?a1505

poortith?a1513

debility1525

tenuity1535

leanness1550

lack1555

Needham1577

inopy1581

pinching1587

dispurveyance1590

egency1600

macritude1623

penuriousness1630

indigency1631

needihood1648

necessitousness1650

egestuosity1656

straitened circumstancesa1766

unopulence1796

Queer Street1811

lowliness1834

breadlessness1860

unwealthiness1886

out-of-elbowness1890

secondary poverty1901

Short Street1920

a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 321 in Poems (1981) 121 Greit penuritie Thow suffer sall, and as ane beggar die.

1577 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 30 The exorbitant dartht of victuall and penurite thairoff.

1985 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 3 May 34 If we should have a coat of arms, it would probably show two pitchforks crossed against a field of winter rye, gules and fess, with the motto ‘Peace, Poverty, Penurity, and Paucity’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	penurity
释义	penurityn. Brit. /pᵻˈnjʊərᵻti/, /pᵻˈnjɔːrᵻti/, U.S. /pəˈn(j)ʊrədi/, Scottish English /pᵻˈn(j)urᵻtɪ/ Forms: late Middle English penurite, 1900s– penurity; Scottish pre-1700 pennurite, pre-1700 penuratie, pre-1700 penurite, pre-1700 penuritie, pre-1700 penuryte, pre-1700 punirite (transmission error). Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pēnūria , -ity suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin pēnūria penury n. + -ity suffix. Chiefly Scottish. Now rare. †1. = penury n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything littleOE dear cheapc1325 dearth1340 scanta1350 scantityc1386 scarcenessa1387 scarcitya1400 chertea1420 penury?a1425 poverty?1440 penuritya1500 geason1509 carity1530 scantness1543 famishment1569 fewty1596 famine1611 stint1651 grutch1815 a1500 Let. Alexander l. 396 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 135 But it was hard thider to go, for the penurite and scarste [L. penuriam] of water, and many other Impedymentis. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 386 Tuichand our tongis penurite. 1594 A. Hume Treat. Felicitie Pref. sig. A2^v I speake so, for penuritie of language. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 35 In vthir places, for the penuritie of wodis, out of the ȝeard we cutt, peates. 2. = penury n. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] waedlec888 wanspeedc893 wanea1100 wandrethc1175 miseasea1200 povertya1225 lowness?c1225 needc1225 orcostc1225 poorness?a1300 unwealtha1300 defaultc1300 porailc1325 straitnessa1340 poorhead1340 mischiefa1375 miseasetya1382 needinessa1382 misterc1385 indigencec1386 scarcitya1387 noughtc1400 scantnessc1400 necessity?1406 penurya1425 povertnessa1434 exilitya1439 wantc1450 scarcenessc1475 needinga1500 povertiesa1500 penurity?a1505 poortith?a1513 debility1525 tenuity1535 leanness1550 lack1555 Needham1577 inopy1581 pinching1587 dispurveyance1590 egency1600 macritude1623 penuriousness1630 indigency1631 needihood1648 necessitousness1650 egestuosity1656 straitened circumstancesa1766 unopulence1796 Queer Street1811 lowliness1834 breadlessness1860 unwealthiness1886 out-of-elbowness1890 secondary poverty1901 Short Street1920 a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 321 in Poems (1981) 121 Greit penuritie Thow suffer sall, and as ane beggar die. 1577 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 30 The exorbitant dartht of victuall and penurite thairoff. 1985 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 3 May 34 If we should have a coat of arms, it would probably show two pitchforks crossed against a field of winter rye, gules and fess, with the motto ‘Peace, Poverty, Penurity, and Paucity’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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