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.
PENURY
Pen"u*ry, n. Etym: [L. penuria; cf. Gr. pénurie.]
1. Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution. "A penury of military forces." Bacon. They were exposed to hardship and penury. Sprat. It arises in neither from penury of thought. Landor.
2. Penuriousness; miserliness. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
PENWIPER
Pen"wip`er, n.
Defn: A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.
PENWOMAN
Pen"wom`an, n.; pl. Penwomen (.