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pecuniary
English
Etymology
From Latin pec?ni?rius, from pec?nia (“money”), itself from pec? (“cattle”) and thus doublet of fee.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??kju?n(j?)?i/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??kjuni??i/
Adjective
pecuniary (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
- 1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne, Chapter IV:
- Perhaps the reader will suppose after this that the doctor had some pecuniary interest of his own in arranging the squire's loans; or, at any rate, he will think that the squire must have thought so.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:
- The views of philosophers, with few exceptions, have coincided with the pecuniary interests of their class.
- 1858, Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne, Chapter IV:
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impecunious
English
Etymology
From im- +? pecunious, from Latin pec?ni?sus, from pec?nia (“money”) + -?sus (“full of”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /??m.p??kju?.ni.?s/, /??m.p??kju?.ni.?s/
- Rhymes: -u?ni?s
Adjective
impecunious (not comparable)
- lacking money [from 1596]
- 1875 March 25, William S. Gilbert, Trial by Jury:
- When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
- I'd an appetite fresh and hearty,
- But I was, as many young barristers are,
- An impecunious party.
- February 1896, Ground-swells, by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; page 183:
- "Then what became of her?"
- "Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'"
- "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."
- "Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers."
- "Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria."
- "Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways."
- 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, "Leave it to Jeeves" in My Man Jeeves:
- [I]t would be a simple matter, sir, to find some impecunious author who would be glad to do the actual composition of the volume for a small fee.
- 1875 March 25, William S. Gilbert, Trial by Jury:
Synonyms
- (lacking money): poor, penniless
- See also Thesaurus:impoverished
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