Vocab from SPG: penurious

Posted on February 26, 2018 by timlyg

Kathy's Word of the Week (2/5/2018):

penurious

 ADJECTIVE
formal 

1. Extremely poor; poverty-stricken.

‘a penurious old tramp’

  1. 1.1 Characterized by poverty.
    ‘penurious years’

2. Unwilling to spend money; mean.

‘a tight-fisted, penurious boss whose wage scale is well below other bandleaders’

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