| 单词 | pennilessness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈpennilessness ˈpennilessness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > lack of money pence-lackc1400 a short purse1548 disability1624 low tide1699 embarrassment1727 impecuniosity1818 soldier's thigh1841 pennilessness1852 hard-uppishness1859 hard-upness1869 ooflessness1889 1852 H. Melville Pierre xxv. 461 In the hour of his clamorous pennilessness, he was additionally goaded into an enterprise..of all things least calculated for pecuniary profit in the end. 1951 D. Thomas Let. 15 Sept. (1987) 809 I took the detested poem to a magazine and sold it there and then and bought a present, vainly to try to lessen the pennilessness of my arrival. 2003 Times (Nexis) 15 July The police are bound to find that pennilessness leads to increased crime and begging. < as lemmas |
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