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Definition of Pennilessness
1. Noun. A state of lacking money.
Generic synonyms: Impoverishment, Poorness, Poverty
Derivative terms: Impecunious, Penniless, Penurious
Definition of Pennilessness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being penniless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennilessness
Literary usage of Pennilessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Grub street: A Novel by George Robert Gissing (1891)
"My efforts are utterly vain ; I suppose the prospect of pennilessness is itself
a hindrance ; the fear haunts me. With such terrible real things pressing ..."
2. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1896)
"Alas! alas! in her dire distress—in her sense of miserable pennilessness, she
clung to Mr. John Raikes, of the curricle, the mysteriously rich young ..."
3. O. Henry Biography by Charles Alphonso Smith (1916)
"... that O. Henry was the victim while in New York of some sort of blackmail, that
on no other theory could his constant pennilessness be accounted for. ..."
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