poorness

English

Etymology

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

Noun

poorness (countable and uncountable, plural poornesses)

1. The quality of being poor
2. poverty

Derived terms

• poorness is a state of mind

Anagrams

• snoopers, spooners