penury
(en)
(noun) a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (as money) / (noun) severe poverty / (noun) extreme and often niggardly frugality
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Luxuries and fine goods had been scarce in Iceland's penurious past
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9 years, 4 months ago
But it was wordless and so had the penurious privilege of visual art, of being able to invoke many meanings without being pinned down by the specificities of words.
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9 years, 4 months ago