Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Penurious

Penurious , adjective

[From Penury.]

1.
Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
A penurious niggard of his wealth. — Milton
2.
Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
Here creeps along a poor, penurious stream. — C. Pitt
3.
Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obsolete]
My penurious band. — Shakespeare