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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] poverte, from Anglo-French poverté, from [[Latin]] paupertat-, paupertas, from pauper poor

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] poverte, from Anglo-French poverté, from [[Latin]] paupertat-, paupertas, from pauper poor

*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]

*Date: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Century 12th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 a : the [[state]] of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of [[money]] or [[material]] possessions  

*1 a : the [[state]] of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of [[money]] or [[material]] possessions  

:b : lack of fertility

:b : lack of fertility

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Poverty''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Poverty '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Poverty''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Poverty '''''this link'''''].</center>

==synonyms==

==Synonyms==

indigence, penury, want, destitution mean the [[state]] of one with insufficient [[resources]]. poverty may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an [[absence]] of [[material]] comforts <the extreme poverty of the slum dwellers>. indigence implies seriously straitened circumstances <the indigence of her years as a graduate student>. penury suggests a cramping or oppressive lack of money <a catastrophic illness that condemned them to years of penury>. want and destitution imply extreme poverty that threatens life itself through starvation or exposure <lived in a perpetual state of want> <the widespread destitution in countries beset by famine>.

indigence, penury, want, destitution mean the [[state]] of one with insufficient [[resources]]. poverty may cover a range from extreme want of necessities to an [[absence]] of [[material]] comforts <the extreme poverty of the slum dwellers>. indigence implies seriously straitened circumstances <the indigence of her years as a graduate student>. penury suggests a cramping or oppressive lack of money <a catastrophic illness that condemned them to years of penury>. want and destitution imply extreme poverty that threatens life itself through starvation or exposure <lived in a perpetual state of want> <the widespread destitution in countries beset by famine>.

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