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单词 impecuniosity
释义

impecunious

adjective

im·​pe·​cu·​nious ˌim-pi-ˈkyü-nyəs How to pronounce impecunious (audio)
-nē-əs
: having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless
impecuniosity
ˌim-pi-ˌkyü-nē-ˈä-sə-tē How to pronounce impecunious (audio)
noun
impecuniously adverb
impecuniousness noun

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If impecunious means "penniless," then it stands to reason that "pecunious" can describe someone who has a lot of money. That is true, but "pecunious" is used with far less frequency in English than its opposite and is not found in many dictionaries. What's more, on the rare occasion when "pecunious" is put to use in English, it often means not "wealthy" but "miserly or ungenerous," as in "a pecunious attitude toward the less fortunate." "Impecunious" describes somebody who lacks the money to buy necessities, but it does not carry the connotation of desperation found in such words as "indigent" or "destitute." Both "pecunious" and "impecunious" derive via Middle English from the Latin pecunia, meaning "money."

Synonyms

  • beggared
  • beggarly
  • broke
  • destitute
  • dirt-poor
  • down-and-out
  • famished
  • hard up
  • impoverished
  • indigent
  • necessitous
  • needful
  • needy
  • pauperized
  • penniless
  • penurious
  • poor
  • poverty-stricken
  • skint [chiefly British]
  • threadbare
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Example Sentences

they were so impecunious that they couldn't afford to give one another even token Christmas gifts
Recent Examples on the Web However, the amateurs Tracksmith has in mind are not so much the impecunious would-be professionals of the past but today’s hardcore hobbyists—the bane of every relaxed camping trip. Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2021 Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021 Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021 Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021 Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021 Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021 Among them is the sardonic confidant, St. Quentin; the down-at-the-heels military man, Major Brutt; and the impecunious, high-living chancer, Eddie. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021 Dalton’s impassioned singing style — as if Billie Holiday took up residence in an impecunious Southern misfit — has made fans out a range of contemporaries, from the art-rock auteur Nick Cave to the harpist Joanna Newsom. Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

in- entry 1 + obsolete English pecunious rich, from Middle English, from Latin pecuniosus, from pecunia money — more at fee

First Known Use

1596, in the meaning defined above

impecuniosity

noun

as in poverty
the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions such was the level of my impecuniosity that I could not afford to eat at the cheapest greasy spoon

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • poverty
  • impecuniousness
  • misery
  • necessity
  • penuriousness
  • destitution
  • penury
  • indigence
  • impoverishment
  • neediness
  • beggary
  • pauperism
  • poorness
  • deprivation
  • need
  • destituteness
  • exigency
  • bankruptcy
  • wretchedness
  • woe
  • emergency
  • want
  • insolvency
  • privation
  • rainy day
  • gutter
  • austerity
  • pinching
  • straitening
  • belt-tightening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • opulence
  • affluence
  • wealth
  • richness
  • prosperity
  • wealthiness
  • luxury
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