pennyless
pennyless is the dated form of penniless.
Meaning of penniless
Adjective
penniless (not comparable)
- Lacking even the smallest amount of money.
- In societies without national insurance of any kind, almshouses are the last refuge of penniless people.
- Synonyms:
- farthingless, moneyless, destitute, nillionaire, almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly
- Of a country's system of money, abstaining from the use of penny coins, despite having fully decimalized currency, by means of rounding of cash transactions (but not necessarily of cashless ones).
- Canada became a penniless country in 2013 simply by rounding its cash transactions to the nearest nickel but otherwise not changing anything.
Questions about pennyless
- What is pennyless the dated form of?
- Pennyless is the dated form of penniless.
Words near pennyless in the dictionary
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