See Also: penury(dictionary)
penury(dictionary)

penury (iou)



penury noun. LME.
[Latin penuria, paenuria perh. rel. to paene almost: see -Y3.]
Destitution, indigence; poverty. LME.
A lack, a dearth, a scarcity, (of something). LME.
Miserliness, parsimoniousness. Now rare. M17.