Dictionary

brokeness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English broke Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English brokeness From broke + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The characteristic of being broke; having no money.
   • Near-synonym: bankruptcy

Relateds

brokenness

Synonyms

impecuniosity · penury · pauperism · mendicancy · destitution · misery · privation · mendicity · penury · poverty · neediness · impecuniousness · straitened circumstances · reduced circumstances · poverty · brokeness · beggary · bankruptcy · indigence

Translations (5)

pl bieda (Translations) · es misiadura (Translations) · es (Americanisms) mishiadura (Translations) · pl ubóstwo (Translations) · es shomería (Translations)