n. [ L. penuria; cf. Gr. &unr_; hunger, &unr_; poverty, need, &unr_; one who works for his daily bread, a poor man, &unr_; to work for one's daily bread, to be poor: cf. F. pénurie. ] 1. Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution. “A penury of military forces.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
They were exposed to hardship and penury. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]
It arises in neither from penury of thought. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) a state of extreme poverty or destitution, Syn.pauperism, pauperization, penury, need, Example: their indigence appalled him; a general state of need exists among the homeless
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