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penury

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pen·u·ry  (pny-r)
n.
1. Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
2. Extreme dearth; barrenness or insufficiency.

[Middle English penurie, from Latin pnria, want.]

penury [ˈpɛnjʊrɪ]
n
1. extreme poverty
2. extreme scarcity
[from Latin pēnūria dearth, of obscure origin]

penury
extreme poverty or destitution. — penurious, adj.
See also: Poverty
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.penury - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
impoverishment, poorness, poverty - the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
mendicancy, mendicity, beggary - the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"

penury
noun poverty, want, need, privation, destitution, straitened circumstances, beggary, indigence, pauperism
Translations
penury [ˈpenjʊrɪ] Nmiseria f, penuria f
to live in penuryvivir en la penuria or miseria
to be reduced to penuryquedarse en la miseria
penury [ˈpɛnjəri] nmisère f
penury
nArmut f, → Not f; in a state of penuryin Armut
penury [ˈpɛnjʊrɪ] n (frm) → indigenza
penury [ˈpɛnjʊrɪ] n (frm) → indigenza


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chill penury repressed his noble rage, and froze the genial current of the soul.
Philip could not wrench out of his nature the instincts of the middle-class from which he came; and the penury, the hack work which Cronshaw did to keep body and soul together, the monotony of existence between the slovenly attic and the cafe table, jarred with his respectability.
He left it on his marriage, and settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration.
 
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