Penury pen·u·ry [pen-yuh-ree] extreme poverty; destitution. 2. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficiency. Origin: 1400–50; late Middle English < Latin pēnūria; akin to Greek peîna hunger, penía poverty Synonyms 1. indigence, need, want. Antonyms 1. wealth. penury (ˈpɛnjʊrɪ) — n 1. extreme poverty 2. extreme scarcity [C15: from Latin pēnūria dearth, of obscure origin]
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