Penury
Pronunciation : Pen"u*ry
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. penuria; cf. Gr. p?nurie.]
Definition : 1. Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution. "A penury of military forces." Bacon. They were exposed to hardship and penury. Sprat. It arises in neither from penury of thought. Landor.
2. Penuriousness; miserliness. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913