Adjective: penurious pi'n(y)ûr-ee-us [N. Amer], pi'nyûr-ee-us [Brit]
- Excessively unwilling to spend
"lived in a most penurious manner — denying himself every indulgence";
- parsimonious
- Not having enough money to pay for necessities
"The penurious gentlemen asked for a loan";
- hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, pinched, badly-off
See also: poor, stingy [informal], ungenerous
Encyclopedia: Penurious