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单词 impecuniosity
释义

impecuniosityn.

/ɪmpɪkjuːnɪˈɒsɪti/
Etymology: < impecunious adj. + -ity suffix.
The quality or condition of being impecunious; lack of money.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > lack of money
pence-lackc1400
a short purse1548
disability1624
low tide1699
embarrassment1727
impecuniosity1818
soldier's thigh1841
pennilessness1852
hard-uppishness1859
hard-upness1869
ooflessness1889
1818 W. Scott Let. 7 Dec. (1933) V. 261 A certain degree of impecuniosity a necessity of saving cheese parings and candle ends.
1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxv. 222 Hiffernan..elevated the emptiness of his purse into the dignity of a disease, which he termed impecuniosity.
1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. 7 He [sc. Massinger], like most of his brethren, suffered grievously from impecuniosity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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