Definitions for penury
ˈpɛn yə ripenu·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperizationnoun

   a state of extreme poverty or destitution

   "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. penurynoun

   extreme want; poverty; destitution.

2. penurynoun

   a lack of something; a dearth; barrenness; insufficiency.

3. Etymology: From pénurie, from penuria.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PENURYnoun

   Poverty; indigence.

   Etymology: penuria, Lat.

   The penury of the ecclesiastical estate. Richard Hooker.

   Who can perfectly declare
   The wondrous cradle of thy infancy?
   When thy great mother Venus first thee bare,
   Begot of plenty and of penury. Edmund Spenser.

   Sometimes am I king;
   Then treason makes me wish myself a beggar;
   And so I am: then crushing penury
   Persuades me, I was better when a king;
   Then I am king’d again. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   All innocent they were exposed to hardship and penury, which, without you, they could never have escaped. Thomas Sprat.

   Let them not still be obstinately blind,
   Still to divert the good design’d,
   Or with malignant penury
   To starve the royal virtues of his mind. Dryden.

   May they not justly to our climes upbraid
   Shortness of night, and penury of shade. Matthew Prior.

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1. penury

   Penury is the state or condition of extreme poverty or destitution.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Penurynoun

   absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution

2. Penurynoun

   penuriousness; miserliness

3. Etymology: [L. penuria; cf. Gr. hunger, poverty, need, one who works for his daily bread, a poor man, to work for one's daily bread, to be poor: cf. F. pnurie.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Penury

   pen′ū-ri, n. want: absence of means or resources: great poverty.—adj. Penū′rious, showing penury: not bountiful: too saving: sordid: miserly.—adv. Penū′riously.—n. Penū′riousness. [Fr.,—L. penuria; Gr. peina, hunger, penēs, poor.]

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1. penury

   The condition/state of being extremely poor:beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment,indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, poverty, privation,want.poverty, want, privation,straitened circumstances, pauperism,pauperization.extreme poverty; destitution.scarcity; dearth,inadequacy,insufficiency.

   The combination of covid-19 and lockdowns could drive up to 420m people into absolute poverty—defined as having to live on less than $1.90 a day. That would increase the total by two-thirds and set back progress against penury by a decade.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on July 2, 2020  

Anagrams for penury »

1. pruney

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of penury in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of penury in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=penury
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Penury
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=penury
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penury
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=penury