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7 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
originFrom Middle English poverte, from Old French poverté (Modern French pauvreté), from Latin paupertās, from pauper (“poor”) + -tas (“noun of state suffix”). Cognates include pauper, poor.
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