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Added 10 October 2026

impoverishment

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about impoverishment at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions.
The act of making someone poor.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman empoverissement, from the Old French verb empoverir. By surface analysis, impoverish + -ment.

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