penurious
pe·nu·rious
adjective
1.
2.
excessively unwilling to spend
- “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”
- “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
Origin
From Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus. See penury from Latin penuria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”), c. 1400. Compare French pénurie.
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