pennyless

English

Adjective

pennyless (not comparable)

1. Dated form of penniless. Today used most often for the sense of "without using pennies" rather than "without money".
   • 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 79:

     Three years had intervened, and how, in their pennyless state, could her mother have existed during this time?