adjective

1. Miserly; excessively cheap.

   “The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.”

2. Not bountiful; thin; scant.

   “The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.”

3. Impoverished; wanting for money.

   “The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.”