Pe*nu"ri*ous (?), a. [From Penury.]
1.
Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
"A
penurious niggard of his wealth."
Milton.
2.
Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream.
C. Pitt.
3.
Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.
[Obs.] "My
penurious band."
Shak.
Syn. -- Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly; stingy. See Avaricious.
--Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness, n.
© Webster 1913.