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单词 penurity
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penurityn.

Brit. /pᵻˈnjʊərᵻti/, /pᵻˈnjɔːrᵻti/, U.S. /pəˈn(j)ʊrədi/, Scottish English /pᵻˈn(j)urᵻtɪ/
Forms: late Middle English penurite, 1900s– penurity; Scottish pre-1700 pennurite, pre-1700 penuratie, pre-1700 penurite, pre-1700 penuritie, pre-1700 penuryte, pre-1700 punirite (transmission error).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pēnūria , -ity suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin pēnūria penury n. + -ity suffix.
Chiefly Scottish. Now rare.
1. = penury n. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scarcity, dearth, or deficient supply of anything
littleOE
dear cheapc1325
dearth1340
scanta1350
scantityc1386
scarcenessa1387
scarcitya1400
chertea1420
penury?a1425
poverty?1440
penuritya1500
geason1509
carity1530
scantness1543
famishment1569
fewty1596
famine1611
stint1651
grutch1815
a1500 Let. Alexander l. 396 in Mediaeval Stud. (1979) 41 135 But it was hard thider to go, for the penurite and scarste [L. penuriam] of water, and many other Impedymentis.
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. Prol. 386 Tuichand our tongis penurite.
1594 A. Hume Treat. Felicitie Pref. sig. A2v I speake so, for penuritie of language.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 35 In vthir places, for the penuritie of wodis, out of the ȝeard we cutt, peates.
2. = penury n. 1. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]
waedlec888
wanspeedc893
wanea1100
wandrethc1175
miseasea1200
povertya1225
lowness?c1225
needc1225
orcostc1225
poorness?a1300
unwealtha1300
defaultc1300
porailc1325
straitnessa1340
poorhead1340
mischiefa1375
miseasetya1382
needinessa1382
misterc1385
indigencec1386
scarcitya1387
noughtc1400
scantnessc1400
necessity?1406
penurya1425
povertnessa1434
exilitya1439
wantc1450
scarcenessc1475
needinga1500
povertiesa1500
penurity?a1505
poortith?a1513
debility1525
tenuity1535
leanness1550
lack1555
Needham1577
inopy1581
pinching1587
dispurveyance1590
egency1600
macritude1623
penuriousness1630
indigency1631
needihood1648
necessitousness1650
egestuosity1656
straitened circumstancesa1766
unopulence1796
Queer Street1811
lowliness1834
breadlessness1860
unwealthiness1886
out-of-elbowness1890
secondary poverty1901
Short Street1920
a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid l. 321 in Poems (1981) 121 Greit penuritie Thow suffer sall, and as ane beggar die.
1577 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 30 The exorbitant dartht of victuall and penurite thairoff.
1985 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 3 May 34 If we should have a coat of arms, it would probably show two pitchforks crossed against a field of winter rye, gules and fess, with the motto ‘Peace, Poverty, Penurity, and Paucity’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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