Penurious (adj)
pen-oo-ree-us
Extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly. Extremely poor; destitute; indigent.
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus, from Latin paenūria, pēnūria penury + -ous
Example sentences
“When we drove in it was clear the village was full of penurious souls.”
