[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

penniless \pen"niless\, a. from penny.
   destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- pen"nilessness,
   n.
   1913 webster
see also:
penny pen"nilessness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

penniless
     adj : not having enough money to pay for necessities syn: hard
           up, impecunious, in straitened circumstancesp, penurious,
            pinched
see also:
hard up impecunious in straitened circumstancesp penurious pinched 

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