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penury

[ pen-yuh-ree ]

noun

  1. extreme poverty; destitution.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficiency.


penury

/ ˈɛʊɪ /

noun

  1. extreme poverty
  2. extreme scarcity
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of penury1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ŧū; akin to Greek îԲ hunger, í poverty
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of penury1

C15: from Latin ŧū dearth, of obscure origin
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He faced agony abroad, then penury in his adopted home.

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"Independence, I think, means penury for Wales, not success."

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If you're willing to force poor elderly people into even worse penury than they already are, you are their kind of gal.

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If that’s true, what conceivable difference could it make whether a few of the dinosaur oil and gas companies want to merge and go into the abyss of bankruptcy and penury holding hands?

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I first visited Moscow four decades ago, when it was a city devoid of primary colors eking out existence in the penury of Communism.

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