Word to the Wise: Impecunious
“Impecunious” (im-pih-KYOO-nee-us) – from the Latin – means poor, habitually without money.
Example (as used by Tag Gallagher in The Adventures of Roberto Rosselini): “He had gotten to know [Giuseppe] Garibaldi during the impecunious soldier’s last years and would send him woolen socks, underwear, and money.”
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