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Definition of impecunious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

impecunious

adjective
 
/ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːniəs/
 
/ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːniəs/
(formal or humorous)
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  1. having little or no money synonym penniless, poor
    • an impecunious student
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from in- ‘not’ + obsolete pecunious ‘having money, wealthy’ (from Latin pecuniosus, from pecunia ‘money’).
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