impecunious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
    pinched; penurious; penniless; in straitened circumstances; hard up.

WordNet

Im"pe*cu"ni*ous adjective
Etymology
L. im- not + pecunia money: cf. F. impécunieux.
Definitions
  1. Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
    An impecunious creature. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913