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单词 unpennied
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unpenniedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɛnɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɛnid/
Forms: 1800s unpenny'd, 1800s– unpennied.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, penny n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + penny n. + -ed suffix2. Compare slightly later pennied adj.
Now rare.
Poor, penniless.
ΘΚΠ
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
1804 R. Llwyd Gayton Wake 29 Mush has the Muse..wish'd..That this unsettl'd steeple [sc. Charles Byrne, the ‘Irish Giant’], Would sometimes shew his towering self to poor unpenny'd people.
1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. May 406/2 This is Saloop—..the delight, and..the envy, of the unpennied sweep.
1858 A. H. Clough Amours de Voyage in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 422 To introduce at assemblies To the unpennied cadets our cousins with excellent fortunes.
1900 Yale Lit. Mag. Nov. 67 It is not the ragged, unpennied clerk in the Navy Office.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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