pecuniar

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adjective

Pecuniary.

OriginAnglo-Norman pecunier ← Middle French pécunier ← Latin pecūniārius →
First used 15th–18th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

adjectivepecuniar (comparative more pecuniar, superlative most pecuniar)

comparative more pecuniar · superlative most pecuniar

  1. obsoletePecuniary.First known use 15th–18th c.

    [T]he last two years of my life might have passed tranquilly not embittered by pecuniar cares […].

    c. 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, edited by Janet Todd, Collected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft, Columbia University Press, published 2003, page 183

Origin

  1. Latinpecūniārius
  2. Middle Frenchpécunier
  3. Anglo-Normanpecunier
  4. Englishpecuniar

From Anglo-Norman pecunier, Middle French pécunier, alteration of pecuniaire, from Latin pecūniārius.

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APA

pecuniar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pecuniar

MLA

“pecuniar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pecuniar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pecuniar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pecuniar.

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