NECESSITOUS

necessitous. Necessitous, a. pressed with poverty, needy, low

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Ne‐ces″si‐tous (?), a. [[Cf. F. nécessiteux.]] 1. 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.
Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot. 2. 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances.
— Ne‐ces″si‐tous‐ly, adv. — Ne‐ces″si‐tous‐ness, n.