Penniless

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From {Penny}.]
     Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- {Pen"ni*less*ness},
     n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  penniless
       adj : not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: {hard
             up}, {impecunious}, {in straitened circumstances(p)}, {penurious},
              {pinched}]