1Well provided with money; moneyed, wealthy. Now chieflyliterary and humorous.
2Money-loving, avaricious; miserly, ungenerous.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in William Langland (c1325–c1390), poet. From Middle French pécunieux and its etymon classical Latin pecūniōsus well provided with money, moneyed from pecūnia money + -ōsus.