penniless Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite not having enough money to pay for necessities
    pinched; penurious; in straitened circumstances; impecunious; hard up.

WordNet

Pen"ni*less adjective
Etymology
From Penny.
Definitions
  1. Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pen"ni*less*ness, n.

Webster 1913