penury

Meanings

• Noun

  A state of extreme poverty; scarcity or lack.

  - "Many people in developing countries live in penury."
  - "The old man lived in penury after losing his job and his savings."

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Synonyms

barrenness , insufficiency

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with penury
poverty , obligatory , weary

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Variants

List of all variants of penury that leads to same result
penuries , penury

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Etymology

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From the Old French word 'penurie', meaning scarcity or lack.

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Trivia

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1. Penury is the opposite of wealth or affluence.

2. The word 'penury' contains the letter sequence 'nury', which is also found in the word 'hurry'. However, the meanings of the two words are quite different.

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Related Concepts

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1. Impoverishment: The process of becoming poor or destitute.

2. Poverty line: A threshold below which people are considered to be living in poverty.

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Culture

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Penury has been a common theme in literature, particularly in works dealing with social issues and poverty. For example, Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' and Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' both explore the concept of penury in depth.

How to Memorize "penury"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person living in a shack with no food, water, or basic necessities. Imagine the despair and hopelessness they feel.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'penury' with the image of a beggar holding out a cup for alms.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'People Eating Pasta Unusually Rarely Yielding Abundance' to remember the meaning of penury.

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