pecuniousadj.

Brit.

/pᵻˈkjuːnɪəs/, U.S.

/pəˈkjuniəs/

Forms: Middle English pecunius, Middle English–1500s pecunyous, 1600s– pecunious; also Scottish pre-1700 pecwnios.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pécunieux; Latin pecūniōsus.

Etymology: < Middle French pécunieux (c1370 as peccunieux in sense 1, 1498 as pecunieulx (plural) in the passage translated in quot. 1509 at sense 2; French pécunieux , now rare) and its etymon classical Latin pecūniōsus well provided with money, moneyed < pecūnia money (see pecunial adj.) + -ōsus -ous suffix.The negative impecunious adj. is much more used.

1. Well provided with money; moneyed, wealthy. Now chiefly literary and humorous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > having large amount of money

pecuniousc1400

moneyed1457

well-moneyed1479

purse-full1600

pursy1602

flush1603

moneyful1604

moneyfied1620

millioned1747

millionary1816

millionaire1864

millionairish1874

coiny1891

multimillionaire1893

financialized1898

stakey1919

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiii. 11 Freres wollen..praye for þe..yf þow be pecunius [v.rr. pecunyous, pecuniosus].

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 523 Trowand that tyme tha war pecwnios.

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Pecunious (or full of money), pecunieux, qui a beaucoup d' argent.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pecunious, Moneyed, or full of Money.

1763 J. Butler Addr. to Cocoa-tree from Whig (ed. 5) 41 Our hirelings may rebel in like manner at a time, when we are not pecunious enough to emancipate them.

1860 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad xiii. 147 I might give a thrilling picture of my sensations—lost, lone, and famishing—which my pecunious reader would shudder at, behind his lobster-salad.

1867 J. Munsell Let. 23 Dec. in D. S. Edelstein Joel Munsell (1950) ix. 303 He is one of the best of men, when pecunious.

1886 Sat. Rev. 11 Dec. 789/1 She succumbed to the blandishments of a pecunious squireling.

1949 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 20 Dec. 6/4 The essentials, of course, we could manage... But much of the rest would have to await a more pecunious day.

1998 S. P. Ramet Nihil Obstat xii. 298 Less pecunious women either obtained illegal abortions..or handled the matter themselves.

2. Money-loving, avaricious; miserly, ungenerous; (also) frugal, thrifty. Chiefly U.S. in later use.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > money-loving

pecunious1509

philargyrous1655

money-loving1703

money-mad1768

breadhead1991

1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (1517) xlix sig. Miii Pecunyous fooles [Fr. folz pecunieulx] that be auaryce..weddeth these olde wyddred women, whiche hath sackes full of nobles.

1879 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Rev. 19 June Mr. Dawes said this was the most pecunious measure lately introduced in congress. It would, if it became a law, destroy the confidence of all justice loving people in our judicial system.

1974 R. G. Fox Urban Anthropol. iv. 80 Peasants were enjoined to live sober and pecunious lives, perhaps the only kind possible when the daimyo extracted forty to fifty percent of rural productivity in taxes.

1991 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Feb. The ruling is a rebuke of the city's and state's pecunious attitude toward the homeless.

2000 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 1 Nov. 21 Father always doubled what we saved. That was our reward for being ‘pecunious’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pecunious
释义	pecuniousadj. Brit. /pᵻˈkjuːnɪəs/, U.S. /pəˈkjuniəs/ Forms: Middle English pecunius, Middle English–1500s pecunyous, 1600s– pecunious; also Scottish pre-1700 pecwnios. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pécunieux; Latin pecūniōsus. Etymology: < Middle French pécunieux (c1370 as peccunieux in sense 1, 1498 as pecunieulx (plural) in the passage translated in quot. 1509 at sense 2; French pécunieux , now rare) and its etymon classical Latin pecūniōsus well provided with money, moneyed < pecūnia money (see pecunial adj.) + -ōsus -ous suffix.The negative impecunious adj. is much more used. 1. Well provided with money; moneyed, wealthy. Now chiefly literary and humorous. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > having large amount of money pecuniousc1400 moneyed1457 well-moneyed1479 purse-full1600 pursy1602 flush1603 moneyful1604 moneyfied1620 millioned1747 millionary1816 millionaire1864 millionairish1874 coiny1891 multimillionaire1893 financialized1898 stakey1919 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xiii. 11 Freres wollen..praye for þe..yf þow be pecunius [v.rr. pecunyous, pecuniosus]. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 523 Trowand that tyme tha war pecwnios. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Pecunious (or full of money), pecunieux, qui a beaucoup d' argent. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pecunious, Moneyed, or full of Money. 1763 J. Butler Addr. to Cocoa-tree from Whig (ed. 5) 41 Our hirelings may rebel in like manner at a time, when we are not pecunious enough to emancipate them. 1860 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad xiii. 147 I might give a thrilling picture of my sensations—lost, lone, and famishing—which my pecunious reader would shudder at, behind his lobster-salad. 1867 J. Munsell Let. 23 Dec. in D. S. Edelstein Joel Munsell (1950) ix. 303 He is one of the best of men, when pecunious. 1886 Sat. Rev. 11 Dec. 789/1 She succumbed to the blandishments of a pecunious squireling. 1949 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 20 Dec. 6/4 The essentials, of course, we could manage... But much of the rest would have to await a more pecunious day. 1998 S. P. Ramet Nihil Obstat xii. 298 Less pecunious women either obtained illegal abortions..or handled the matter themselves. 2. Money-loving, avaricious; miserly, ungenerous; (also) frugal, thrifty. Chiefly U.S. in later use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > money-loving pecunious1509 philargyrous1655 money-loving1703 money-mad1768 breadhead1991 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (1517) xlix sig. Miii Pecunyous fooles [Fr. folz pecunieulx] that be auaryce..weddeth these olde wyddred women, whiche hath sackes full of nobles. 1879 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Rev. 19 June Mr. Dawes said this was the most pecunious measure lately introduced in congress. It would, if it became a law, destroy the confidence of all justice loving people in our judicial system. 1974 R. G. Fox Urban Anthropol. iv. 80 Peasants were enjoined to live sober and pecunious lives, perhaps the only kind possible when the daimyo extracted forty to fifty percent of rural productivity in taxes. 1991 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Feb. The ruling is a rebuke of the city's and state's pecunious attitude toward the homeless. 2000 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 1 Nov. 21 Father always doubled what we saved. That was our reward for being ‘pecunious’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1400
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