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Extreme want; poverty; destitution. / (now chiefly poetic) A lack of something; a dearth.

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penury

Source Word

penury

IPA(Pronunciation)

uncountable usually poetic

Extreme want; poverty; destitution. / (now chiefly poetic) A lack of something; a dearth.

Japanese Meaning

極度の貧困 / 深刻な窮乏状態 / 極度の不足（物資などの欠如）

After the factory closed, many families fell into penury and struggled to afford even basic necessities.

工場が閉鎖された後、多くの家族が極度の貧困に陥り、基本的な生活必需品さえ買うのに苦労した。

Sense（1）

Extreme want; poverty; destitution.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Sense（2）

(now chiefly poetic) A lack of something; a dearth.

No! penury, inertness and grimace, / In some strange sort, were the land's portion. […]

penuries

（ plural ）