obolary

English

Etymology

From obolus +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒbələɹi/

Adjective

obolary (comparative more obolary, superlative most obolary)

1. (nonce word) Possessing only small coins; impoverished.
   • 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:

     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 !

References

“obolary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.