'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]

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