Definition: penurious

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

penurious
     adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn: hard
            up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances,
            penniless, pinched]
     2: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift
        relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most
        penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence" [syn:
        parsimonious]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Penurious \Pe*nu"ri*ous\, a. [From Penury.]
   1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy;
      miserly. ``A penurious niggard of his wealth.'' --Milton.

   2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.

            Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. --C.
                                                  Pitt.

   3. Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] ``My
      penurious band.'' --Shak.

   Syn: Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; miserly; niggardly;
        stingy. See Avaricious. --Pe*nu"ri*ous*ly, adv. --
        Pe*nu"ri*ous*ness, n.