penurious
adjective /pəˈnjʊəriəs/
/pəˈnʊriəs/
(formal)- very poor
synonym destitute, pennilessTopics Social issuesc2贫穷的;穷困的;赤贫的 词源late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin penuriosus, from Latin penuria ‘need, scarcity’; perhaps related to paene ‘almost’.