Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. "A penurious niggard of his wealth." Milton.
Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. C. Pitt.
Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] "My penurious band." Shak.
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