Definition of "penurious" in English

adjective

1. Miserly; excessively cheap.

   • The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.

2. Not bountiful; thin; scant.

   • The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.

3. Impoverished; wanting for money.

   • The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.