POV'ERTY, n. [L. paupertas. See Poor.]
1. Destitution of property; indigence; want of convenient means of subsistence. The consequence of poverty is dependence. The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty. Prov.23.2. Barrenness of sentiment or ornament; defect; as the poverty of a composition.3. Want; defect of words; as the poverty of language.