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Definitions for impecunious
ˌɪm pɪˈkyu ni əsim·pe·cu·nious

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinchedadjective

    not having enough money to pay for necessities

Wiktionary

  1. impecuniousadjective

    Lacking money.

  2. Etymology: First attested in 1596. From im- + pecunious, from pecuniosus, from pecunia + -osus.

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  1. impecunious

    Impecunious refers to having little or no money; being poor or impoverished. It is often used to describe a state of severe poverty or penury.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Impecuniousadjective

    not having money; habitually without money; poor

  2. Etymology: [L. im- not + pecunia money: cf. F. impcunieux.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Impecunious

    im-pe-kūni-us, adj. having no money: poor.—n. Impecunios′ity.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. IMPECUNIOUS

    To be in a state of poverty. From Eng. _in_, and Lat. _pecco_, to sin, poverty being the greatest of all sins.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of impecunious in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of impecunious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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