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Webster 1913 Edition
Necessitous
Ne-ces′si-tous
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
nécessiteux
.] 1.
Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.
Necessitous
heirs and penurious parents. Arbuthnot.
2.
Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched;
– as,
. necessitous
circumstancesNe-ces′si-tous-ly
, adv. – Ne-ces′si-tous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Necessitous
NECESSITOUS
,Adj.
1.Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.
There are multitudes of necessitous heirs and penurious parents.
2.
Narrow; destitute; pinching; as necessitous circumstances.Definition 2024
necessitous
necessitous
English
Adjective
necessitous (comparative more necessitous, superlative most necessitous)
- (archaic) Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, chapter 6 (“Monk Samson”):
- For all our vow of poverty, we can by rule amass to the extent of ’two shillings’; but it is to be given to our necessitous kindred, or in charity.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, chapter 6 (“Monk Samson”):
- (archaic) In need, lacking.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:impoverished