Penury - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpenjərɪ|  American pronunciation of the word penury
Brit.  |ˈpenjʊrɪ|  British pronunciation of the word penury

noun

- a state of extreme poverty or destitution (syn: indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization)

Extra examples

...lived in a time when single women like herself faced a lifetime of genteel penury...

He died in penury in 1644.

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