poorness

The quality of being poor

Noun

  1. The quality of being poor
  2. poverty

Origin

From Middle English poornes, porenes, porenesse, pornes, pornesse, povernesse, powrenesse; equivalent to poor + -ness.

Forms

poornesses

Derived

poorness is a state of mind

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