Definition: penniless

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

penniless
     adj : not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: hard
           up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penurious,
            pinched]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From Penny.]
   Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pen"ni*less*ness,
   n.