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penurious

adjective
🔊/pəˈnjʊəriəs/
🔊/pəˈnʊriəs/
 (formal)
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  1. very poor贫穷的；穷困的；赤贫的 synonym destitute, pennilessTopics Social issuesc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin penuriosus, from Latin penuria ‘need, scarcity’; perhaps related to paene ‘almost’.