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pe·nu·ri·ous  audio  (p-nr-s, -nyr-) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
  2. Yielding little; barren: a penurious land.
  3. Poverty-stricken; destitute.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Medieval Latin pnrisus, from Latin pnria, want

OTHER FORMS:
pe·nuri·ous·ly(Adverb), pe·nuri·ous·ness(Noun)


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