impecuniaryadj.
/ɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəri/ 1. = impecunious adj.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > lacking money
to the boneOE
silverlessc1325
pennilessc1330
moneylessc1400
impecunious1596
crossless1600
penceless1605
unmoneyed1606
coinless1614
emptya1643
out of pocket1679
money-bound1710
broke1716
embarrassed1744
stiver cramped1785
plackless1786
taper1789
poundlessa1794
shillingless1797
unpennied1804
fundless1809
impecuniary1814
hard up1821
soldier-thighed1825
cashless1833
stiverless1839
fly-blown1853
strapped1857
stick1859
tight1859
stone-broke1886
stony1886
oofless1888
stony-broke1890
motherless1906
penny-pinched1918
skinned1924
skint1925
on the beach1935
potless1936
boracic1959
uptight1967
brassic1982
1814 Ld. Byron Wks. (1832) III. 95 Mr. Claughton, of impecuniary memory.
1825 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 13 75 Many an impecuniary epicure has gloated over his locked-up warrant for future wealth.
1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 212 The impecuniary classes.
2. Not pecuniary; not having to do with money.
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society > trade and finance > money > [adjective] > not pecuniary
impecuniary1855
1855 W. Bagehot Lit. Stud. (1879) I. 268 It is in vain that in this hemisphere we endeavour after impecuniary fancies.
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