Penurious

pen-u'n-us, adj. showing penury or scarcity not bountiful sordid: miserly adv. Penu'riOUSly Penu'nousne . Penury, pen'u-ri, n want absence of means or resources: pmerly. [Fr— penurta, akin to Gr. pcina. hunger Peony, pe'o-in. n. a plant having beautiful crimson flowers 0 pione Fr ptvotne) — L. pteoma healing, the plant being thought to have healing virtues — Gr. Pawn the physician of the gods People, pc pi, n. persons generally an indefinile number inhabitants a nation the vulgar the populace.--pi Peoples (pe'plz), races, tribes. v to -.lock with people or inhabitants (Fr. piuph —Lpopulus, prob. reduplicated from root of plebs, people, Gr. polys, E. Full.] Pepper, pep'er, M. a plant and its fruit, with a hot, pungent taste.—:'./, to sprinkle with pepper. [A.S. pip or—L. piper— Gr. pepen—Sanspippnla. Peppercorn, pep'er-korn, « the corn or berry of the pepper plant something of little value. Peppermint, pep'er-mint, u. a species of mint aromatic and pungent like pepper a liquor distilled from the plant.