The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Impecunious \Im"pe*cu"ni*ous\, a. [L. im- not + pecunia money:
   cf. F. imp['e]cunieux.]
   Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
   [1913 Webster]

         An impecunious creature.                 --B. Jonson.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

impecunious
    adj 1: not having enough money to pay for necessities [syn:
           hard up, impecunious, in straitened
           circumstances(p), penniless, penurious, pinched]