| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| impecunious |
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| SYLLABICATION: | im·pe·cu·ni·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m p-ky  n - s |
| ADJECTIVE: | Lacking money; penniless. See synonyms at poor. | | ETYMOLOGY: | in–1 + pecunious, rich (from Middle English, from Old French pecunios, from Latin pec ni sus, from pecnia, money, wealth; see peku- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | impe·cuni·ous·ly —ADVERB
impe·cuni·ous·ness, impe·cuni·osi·ty (- s-t) —NOUN
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