单词 | poundless |
释义 | poundlessadj. Without so much as a pound (of money); poor. ΘΚΠ 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 a1794 S. Blamire Poet. Wks. (1842) 234 They're here wad take a poundless bride! 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. xiii. 255 I'm penniless or poundless. 1998 Atlanta (Georgia) Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 8 Nov. 1 k An ATM spitting back my credit card when we were penniless and poundless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1794 |
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