impecunious
Meaningmoneyless
Common meaning: short of cash
Other meanings: poor
- imin, into
- pecunmoney, propertyLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1322 · scan
- iousadjective ending: full of, marked by
‘in, into’ + ‘money, property’ → impecunious
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin pecūnia ‘money, property’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pecūnia, p. 1322 · dictionary scan
Roots
- pecūnia, -ae Latin “money, property”
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