poverté
See also: poverte
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- poverte (manuscript form)
Etymology edit
From Latin paupertās, paupertātem, corresponding to povre + -té.
Noun edit
poverté oblique singular, f (oblique plural povertez, nominative singular poverté, nominative plural povertez)
- poverty; poorness
- c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
- Mais tel poverté y avoit[.]
- But there was such great poverty.