penurious

Etymology
From. See from 🇨🇬 (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”), c. 1400. Compare 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Miserly; excessively cheap.
 * The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.
 * 1) Not bountiful; thin; scant.
 * The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.
 * 1) Impoverished; wanting for money.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:stingy
 * See also Thesaurus:impoverished
 * See also Thesaurus:pauper

Antonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:spendthrift

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Maori: hākere, matamau, tūmatarau
 * Russian: ,