impecunious

Etymology

From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”).

adj

1. Lacking money.
   When I, good friends, was called to the bar, I'd an appetite fresh and hearty, But I was, as many young barristers are, An impecunious party. March 25 1875, William S. Gilbert, Trial by Jury
   "Then what became of her?" "Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'" "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff." "Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers." "Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria." "Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways." February 1896, Ground-swells, by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; page 183
   [I]t would be a simple matter, sir, to find some impecunious author who would be glad to do the actual composition of the volume for a small fee. 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, “Leave it to Jeeves”, in My Man Jeeves
   The Rhymney (51 route miles), once an impecunious hanger-on of the Taff Vale, had enjoyed its own route through Caerphilly into Cardiff since 1871, …. 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 158