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Penuriousness

noun
1.
A state of lacking money.  Synonyms: impecuniousness, pennilessness.
2.
A disposition to be niggardly with money.





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"Penuriousness" Quotes from Famous Books



... liberality; which formed a striking contrast with the avarice of Narvaez, who used to enjoin his major domo to take heed that not a mantle were missing, as he had marked down every article committed to his charge. This penuriousness set all his officers against him, which he attributed to the intrigues of Vasques; and as there was a difference between them, because Narvaez neglected to inform him respecting every thing sent in by order of Montezuma, of which he ought to have been informed as oydor, ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. IV. • Robert Kerr


Words linked to "Penuriousness" :   impecuniousness, pennilessness, impoverishment, stinginess, poorness, poverty, penurious


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