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poor

English

Etymology

From Middle English povre, povere, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) povre, poure (Modern French pauvre), from Latin pauper (English pauper), from Old Latin *pavo-pars (literally getting little), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?w- (few, small). Cognate with Old English f?awa (little, few). Doublet of pauper.

Displaced native Middle English earm, arm (poor) (from Old English earm; See arm), Middle English wantsum, wantsome (poor, needy) (from Old Norse vant (deficiency, lack, want)), Middle English unlede (poor) (from Old English unl?de), Middle English unweli, unwely (poor, unwealthy) (from Old English un- + weli? (well-to-do, prosperous, rich).

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /po?/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /p??/, /pu?/, /p??/
  • (Indian English) IPA(key): /?p?(?)?(r)/
  • (Received Pronunciation)
    • IPA(key): /p??(?)/, /p??(?)/
  • (US)
    • IPA(key): /p??/, /p??/
  • Rhymes: -??(?), -??(?)
  • Homophones: pour, pore (with the pour-poor merger)
  • Homophone: paw (in some non-rhotic accents, with the pour-poor merger)

Adjective

poor (comparative poorer, superlative poorest)

  1. With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
    The poor are always with us.
  2. Of low quality.
  3. Used to express pity.
    • Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.
  4. Deficient in a specified way.
  5. Inadequate, insufficient.
    • a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, Sermon 1
      That I have wronged no Man, will be a poor plea or apology at the last day.
  6. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
    • Blessed are the poor in spirit.

Usage notes

When the word "poor" is used to express pity, it does not change the meaning of the sentence. For example, in the sentence "Give this soup to that poor man!", the word "poor" does not serve to indicate which man is meant (and so the sentence expresses exactly the same command as "Give this soup to that man!"). Instead, the word "poor" merely adds an expression of pity to the sentence.

Synonyms

  • (with no or few possessions or money): See Thesaurus:impoverished
  • (of low quality): inferior
  • (to be pitied): pitiable, arm

Antonyms

  • (with no or few possessions): rich, wealthy
  • (of low quality): good
  • (deficient in a specified way): rich
  • (inadequate): adequate

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • deserving poor
  • poorhouse
  • undeserving poor

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • poro-, roop

Limburgish

Etymology

From Walloon porea.

Noun

poor m

  1. leek

Old French

Noun

poor f (oblique plural poors, nominative singular poor, nominative plural poors)

  1. fear

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poverty

English

Etymology

From Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupert?s, from pauper (poor) + -tas (noun of state suffix). Cognates include pauper, poor.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?v?ti/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?p??v?ti/

Noun

poverty (usually uncountable, plural poverties)

  1. The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
  2. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:poverty

Antonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:wealth

Derived terms

  • energy poverty
  • period poverty
  • poverty line
  • poverty of the stimulus
  • poverty-ridden
  • poverty-stricken
  • primary poverty
  • secondary poverty
  • transport poverty

Related terms

  • poor
  • poorness

Translations

See also

  • aporophobia

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