Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or consisting of obols or small coins; also, reduced to the possession of only the smallest coins; hence, impecunious; poor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Possessing only small coins; impoverished.

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  • adjective nonce word Possessing only small coins; impoverished.

Etymologies

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obolus +‎ -ary

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  • Extremely poor. (from Phrontistery)

    May 24, 2008