'Penniless' definitions:
Definition of 'penniless'
From: WordNet
adjective
Not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched]
Definition of 'Penniless'
From: GCIDE
- Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From Penny.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- {Pen"ni*less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]