| 单词 |
pecunious |
| 释义 |
pecunious, a. Now rare.|pɪˈkjuːnɪəs|
Also 6 pecwnios.
[ad. L. pecūniōs-us abounding in money, moneyed, f. pecūnia money: see -ous. Cf. obs. F. pécunieux (Oresme 14th c.), perh. the immediate source. The negative impecunious is much more used.]
1. Well provided with money; moneyed, wealthy.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xiii. 11 Freres wollen þe louye, And..praye for þe, pol by pol, yf þow be pecunyous. 1535W. Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 523 Trowand that tyme tha war pecwnios. 1632Sherwood, Pecunious (or full of money), pecunieux, qui a beaucoup d' argent. 1706Phillips, Pecunious, Moneyed, or full of Money. 1886Sat. Rev. 11 Dec. 789/1 She succumbed to the blandishments of a pecunious squireling.
†2. Money-loving, avaricious. Obs. rare—1.
a1529Skelton Bk. 3 Foles Wks. 1843 I. 200 Pecunyous fooles, that bee auaryce,..weddeth these olde wyddred women, whych hath sackes full of nobles.
So pecuniˈosity, the state or fact of being supplied with money.
1883G. A. MacDonnell Chess Life-Pict. 166 A Frenchman, whose be-ringed fingers..betokened a certain amount of pecuniosity. |
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