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obolary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɒbələɹi/

Etymology

From obolus + -ary.

Meanings

1. (nonce-word) Possessing only small coins; impoverished.
   • the distance is as vast between him and one of us, as subsisted between the Augustan majesty and the poorest obolary Jew that paid it tribute pittance at Jerusalem ! 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:

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