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Penurious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Penurious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

not having enough money to pay for necessities

2

excessively unwilling to spend

"parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"

"lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

3

Miserly; excessively cheap.

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Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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