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necessitous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Necessitous \Ne*ces"si*tous\, a. [Cf. F. n['e]cessiteux.] 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. --Arbuthnot. 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as necessitous circumstances. -- {Ne*ces"si*tous*ly}, adv -- {Ne*ces"si*tous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: necessitous adj : poor enough to need help from others [syn: {destitute}, {impoverished}, {indigent}, {needy}, {poverty-stricken}]
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