penniless
Meaning
- (not-comparable) Lacking even the smallest amount of money.
- (not-comparable) Abstaining from the use of penny coins, despite having fully decimalized currency, via rounding of cash transactions (but not necessarily of cashless ones).
Synonyms
in straitened circumstances
very poor
dire poverty
cleaned outless
extremely poor
without anything
quite poor
utterly destitute
without a penny
destitude
flat broke
Translations
fauché
senza un soldo
pobre
parasız
άφραγκος απένταρος
ohne einen Pfennig
مفلسFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛ.nɪ.ləs/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English penyles, penylees; equivalent to penny + -less. Compare Old Norse penningalauss (“penniless”).
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