impecunious

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not having enough money to pay for necessities

Etymology

From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

hard up, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched

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