penniless
English
Etymology
Adjective
penniless (not comparable)
- Not having a penny; utterly impoverished; extremely poor.
- 1889, Horatio Alger, Driven From Home, ch. 10:
- A dollar and a quarter seems a small sum, but if you are absolutely penniless it might as well be a thousand.
- 1889, Horatio Alger, Driven From Home, ch. 10:
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:impoverished
Translations
utterly impoverished