Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Penurious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Penurious \Pe*nu"ri*ous\, a. [From {Penury}.]
1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy;
miserly. ``A penurious niggard of his wealth.'' --Milton.
2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. --C.
Pitt.
3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] ``My
penurious band.'' --Shak.
Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly;
stingy. See {Avaricious}. --{Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
penurious
adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: {hard
up}, {impecunious}, {in straitened circumstances(p)},
{penniless}, {pinched}]
2: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift
relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most
penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence" [syn:
{parsimonious}]
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