Penurious - Definition
penurious
adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn:
hard up, impecunious, in straitened
circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched]
2: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved
by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner
--denying himself every indulgence" [syn: parsimonious,
penurious]