poverté
See also: poverte
Old French
Alternative forms
- poverte (manuscript form)
Etymology
From Latin paupertās, paupertātem, corresponding to povre + -té
Noun
poverté f (oblique plural povertez, nominative singular poverté, nominative plural povertez)
- poverty; poorness
- circa 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
- Mais tel poverté y avoit[.]
- But there was such great poverty.
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