penniless

Pronunciation: /ˈpɛ.nɪ.ləs/

The English word “penniless” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

Lacking even the smallest amount of money.
Of a country's system of money, abstaining from the use of penny coins, despite having fully decimalized currency, by means of rounding of cash transactions (but not necessarily of cashless ones).

From Middle English penyles, penylees; equivalent to penny + -less. Compare Old Norse penningalauss (“penniless”).

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