penniless

2 definitions found

penniless - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From Penny.]
     Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pen"ni*less*ness,
     n.
     [1913 Webster]

penniless - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  penniless
      adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn:
             hard up, impecunious, in straitened  circumstances(p)
             , penniless, penurious, pinched]