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Meaning of "pecunious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PECUNIOUS

pecunious  [pɪˈkjuːnɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PECUNIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pecunious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PECUNIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pecunious in the English dictionary

The definition of pecunious in the dictionary is having lots of money, wealthy. Other definition of pecunious is miserly, thrifty.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PECUNIOUS


aeneous
ˈiːnɪəs
aeneus
ˈiːnɪəs
arsenious
ɑːˈsiːnɪəs
carneous
ˈkɑːnɪəs
corneous
ˈkɔːnɪəs
cuneus
ˈkjuːnɪəs
eburneous
eˈbɜːnɪəs
genius
ˈdʒiːnɪəs
heterogeneous
ˌhɛtərəʊˈdʒiːnɪəs
homogeneous
ˌhəʊməˈdʒiːnɪəs
impecunious
ˌɪmpɪˈkjuːnɪəs
inhomogeneous
ɪnˌhəʊməˈdʒiːnɪəs
miscellaneous
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs
nonhomogeneous
ˌnɒnˌhəʊməˈdʒiːnɪəs
overingenious
ˌəʊvərɪnˈdʒiːnɪəs
pergameneous
ˌpɜːɡəˈmiːnɪəs
ruthenious
ruːˈθiːnɪəs
selenious
sɪˈliːnɪəs
splenius
ˈspliːnɪəs
ustilagineous
ˌʌstɪləˈdʒiːnɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PECUNIOUS

pectoralis major
pectoralis minor
pectorally
pectoriloquy
pectose
peculate
peculation
peculator
peculiar
peculiar people
peculiarise
peculiarities
peculiarity
peculiarize
peculiarly
peculium
pecuniarily
pecuniary
pecuniary advantage
pedagog

WORDS THAT END LIKE PECUNIOUS

acrimonious
calumnious
ceremonious
delicious
disharmonious
euphonious
felonious
harmonious
ignominious
ingenious
inharmonious
insomnious
parsimonious
postliminious
querimonious
sanctimonious
sanious
simonious
symphonious
unceremonious
unharmonious

Synonyms and antonyms of pecunious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pecunious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PECUNIOUS

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The translations of pecunious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pecunious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pecunious
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pecunious
570 millions of speakers

English

pecunious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pecunious
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pecunious
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pecunious
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pecunious
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pecunious
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pecunious
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Luar biasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pecunious
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pecunious
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pecunious
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pecun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pecunious
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pecunious
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उग्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pecunious
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pecunious
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pecunious
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pecunious
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu bani
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pecunious
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pecunious
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pecunious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pecunious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pecunious

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PECUNIOUS»

The term «pecunious» is used very little and occupies the 192.140 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PECUNIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pecunious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PECUNIOUS»

Discover the use of pecunious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pecunious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Pecunious Life
This book is for you and the dreams you have. You will find your way back to what you are and along the journey you will live a Pecunious life. I wish you well on the beautiful journey we call life.
M. L. Dolan, 2010
2
A Trick to Catch the Old One
What's all to thee? nothing, nothing; such is the gulfe of thy desire, and the Wolfe of thy conscience, but be assured old Pecunious Lucre, if ever fortune so blesse me, that I may be 35 at leisure to vexe thee, or any meanes so favour me, that I ...
Thomas Middleton, Charles Laurence Barber, 1968
3
Timeless Service in Gamma Sigma Omega Chapter
Pecunious Grammateus maintains a cash receipt journal. h. Pecunious Grammateus maintains a transmittal of funds report given to Tamiouchos. i. Tamiouchos maintains a cash disbursement journal. j. Tamiouchos does not collect money; ...
Emma Jean Hawkins Conyers, 2013
4
Managerial Accounting 11E W/Dvd
PROBLEM 17-16 Interpretation of Financial Ratios [L02, L03] Paul Ward is interested in the stock of Pecunious Products, Inc. Before purchasing the stock, Mr. Ward would like your help in analyzing the data that are available to him as shown ...
Garrison
5
Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics
Thus, McGregor vividly contrasts her approach with the normalcy criterion in the following cases: Case 1: Ms. Pecunious is approached by a gunman who says: If you refuse to have sexual relations with me I will shoot your baby. Case 2: Ms.
Albino Barrera, 2005
6
London Society
PECUNIOUS. CLASSES. GOING DOWN TO THE BOAT. (ILLUSTRATED BY J. D. Warson.) 'EXT to being a rich man, in these days, it is best to be a poor man—that is an avowedly poor man, with no mistake about the matter. In that case you ...
James Hogg, Florence Marryat, 1870
7
Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works
39 Pecunious from Latin pecuniarius, of money, and English 'pecunious', meaning wealthy 42 mad infuriate 47 cross thwart 51–2 as . . . thee Hoard implies that while Lucre is an agent of usury, he is also a victim of its power. The suggestion ...
Thomas Middleton, Gary Taylor, John Lavagnino, 2010
8
Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East
In a peregrine land without many belamies, and not very pecunious, I was in a great prosternation relative to my position. I furnished a mainpernor. The day of pervestigation arrived. I being a fren, unkent, and not pecunious, a legist became  ...
Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, 1856
9
Garner's Modern American Usage
pecuniary; pecunious. The suffixes distinguish these words. Pecuniary = relating to or consisting of money. Pecunious = moneyed; wealthy. Its opposite is impecunious (= destitute). The adverb corresponding to pecuniary is pecuniarily —e.g.: ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
10
A Proud Legacy of Leadership Through Timeless Service
Stacy Whitney TAMIOCHUS ...................................................... Freda Allen ANTI TAMIOCHUS .................................... Mary KayJames PECUNIOUS GRAMMATEUS ............ Gwendolyn Shipman ANTI PECUNIOUS GRAMMATEUS ......Jacqueline ...
History Committee, 2013

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PECUNIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pecunious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Credit hire firms tipped to focus on repair costs following landmark …
The Court of Appeal ruling on credit hire costs for pecunious claimants will trigger an increase in exaggerated credit repair costs, according to ... «Post Online, Mar 15»
2
Credit hire cost appeal dismissed
... and the result means where the claimant is considered pecunious, insurers could see significant reductions in the hire charges claimed and ... «FleetNews, Feb 15»
3
The Coming Democratization of Contemporary Art
Many of the regular attendees are artists and less-pecunious collectors from around the country who come to get an overview of an echelon of ... «Yahoo News UK, Dec 14»
4
Pecunious claimant
The Court of Appeal held that, in a case involving a pecunious Claimant, no interest was recoverable on the credit hire charges, whether on a ... «Lexology, Nov 11»

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