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- pronunciation:
- Im
p
kyu
ni
s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
lacking funds; penniless.
The cheap cafe was a haven for impecunious artists who sat for hours but ordered nothing but coffee.- antonyms:
- affluent, flush, moneyed, wealthy
- similar words:
- destitute, indigent, penniless, poor
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| related words: |
needy |
adverb + (adj.)impecunious
magically, momentarily, route, tacitly
(adj.)impecunious
+ noun
academic, aspiration, attachment, baron, dependent, foreigner, friend, guest, ministration, napkin, orphan, roadside, schoolteacher, student, vow
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| derivations: |
impecuniously (adv.), impecuniousness (n.) |
The word impecunious
contains the following parts:
im-2
Latin
prefix
that means not, without
  More about this word part:
The prefix im-2 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-2 used before roots beginning with the letter "m," "p," and "b." See in-2.
Example words:
imbalance, immaculate, immaterial, immature, immediate, immiscible, immobile, immodest, immortal, immovable, immune, immutable, impalpable, impartial, impassable, impatient, impeccable, impecunious, impenitent, imperfect, impermeable, impermissible, impersonal, imperturbable, impervious, implacable, implausible, impolite, imponderable, impossible, impotent, impregnable, improper, impropriety, improvise, imprudent, impudent, impunity, impure
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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