plural of poorness

Obsolete spelling of poor

(plural only) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

(transitive, rare) Synonym of impoverish, to make poor. / (intransitive, obsolete) To become poor. / (obsolete) To call poor.

With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. / Of low quality. / Used to express pity. / Deficient in a specified way. / Inadequate, insufficient.

(countable, originally chiefly Scotland) A poor person. / (obsolete) Synonym of poor cod.

The quality of being poor / poverty

An English surname.

present participle of poor

plural of poor