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Webster 1913 Edition
Pecunious
Pe-cu′ni-ous
,Adj.
[L.
pecuniosus
, fr. pecunia
: cf. F. pécunieux
.] Abounding in money; wealthy; rich.
[Obs.]
Sherwood.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pecunious
PECU'NIOUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
pecunious
pecunious
English
Adjective
pecunious (comparative more pecunious, superlative most pecunious)
- With money, wealthy; financially independent.
- 1986, Stella Lowder, Inside Third World Cities, ISBN 9780709916475, page 182:
- Initially these outlets catered for the more pecunious element in the population and sold imported and processed goods, ...
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- (figuratively) rich (of quality, etc.)
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- pecuniarily
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