Noun: penuriousness pi'n(y)ûr-ee-us-nus [N. Amer], pi'nyûr-ee-us-nus [Brit]
- A state of lacking money
"His penuriousness as a student meant living on a tight budget";
- impecuniousness, pennilessness
- A disposition to be niggardly with money
"His penuriousness led him to reuse tea bags and hoard paper clips"
Type of: immiseration, immiserisation [Brit], immiserization, impoverishment, poorness, poverty, stinginess [informal]