Crossword clues for pennilessness
pennilessness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pennilessness
Penniless \Pen"ni*less\, a. [From Penny.] Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pen"ni*less*ness, n.
Wiktionary
pennilessness
n. The state or quality of being penniless.
WordNet
pennilessness
n. a state of lacking money [syn: impecuniousness, penuriousness]
Usage examples of "pennilessness".
He saw advantages even in being a Forgotten Man: you could spend yourself into pennilessness, but not into bankruptcy.
He had planned what it should be -- the story it should tell of a disheartened mediocre venturer of his poor all returning bankrupt and humiliated from Australia, ending existence in such pennilessness that the parish must give him a pauper's grave.