penuriousness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

penurious +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

penuriousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being penurious.
    In Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the character Ebenezer Scrooge is renowned for his penuriousness.
    • 1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 271:
      Covetouſneſs is the root of penuriouſneſs and baſeneſs, it hinders hoſpitality;

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