Definition of Impecunious

1. Adjective. Not having enough money to pay for necessities.


Definition of Impecunious

1. a. Not having money; habitually without money; poor.

Definition of Impecunious

1. Adjective. Lacking money. ¹

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Definition of Impecunious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impecunious

impeachment
impeachment nostalgia
impeachments
impearl
impearled
impearling
impearls
impeccabilities
impeccability
impeccable
impeccably
impeccancy
impeccant
impecuniosities
impecuniosity
impecunious
impecuniously
impecuniousness
imped
impedance
impedance angle
impedance method
impedance plethysmography
impedances
impede
impeded
impeder
impeders
impedes
impedible

Literary usage of Impecunious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Although the word is not encountered all that often, when impecunious is used ... As Webster's New Dictionary of Synonyms says, impecunious “may imply the ..."

2. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"The wise banker will either "buy off" such a promoter at the beginning, or else reach back over his head to the real owners.1 Impecunious Owner-Promoters ..."

3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"11. prowl and impecunious is treated and entertained ; some good-natured creature who likes to hear military yarns, and is proud of the privilege of paying ..."

4. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... on Friendly Terms — An Army of Vicious and Impecunious People — Startling Figures. NIGHT in a police- station lodging-room is one of horror. ..."

5. French Men and French Manners by Albert Dresden Vandam (1895)
"... is — The impecunious Englishman face to face with " uncle;" the impecunious Frenchman face to face with "aunt"—Documentary evidence with regard to one's ..."

6. Reminiscences of My Life by Charles Santley (1909)
"CHAPTER IV CONNECTION with the Kemble Family—Impecunious Relations— An Exception—Secret Matrimonial Engagement—" The Gaff Blown "—" All's well that ends ..."

7. Fifty Years of Public Service by Arthur Griffiths (1904)
"... RA—Lord Haliburton and his Story of "Sam Slick "—Garrison Life—Impecunious Subalterns—Harmless Flirtations and Other Pastimes—Pairing for the ..."

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