The Collaborative International Dictionary
Necessitous
Necessitous \Ne*ces"si*tous\, a. [Cf. F. n['e]cessiteux.]
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Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty.
Necessitous heirs and penurious parents.
--Arbuthnot. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances. [1913 Webster] -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ly, adv. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
necessitous
a. 1 (context archaic English) needy, indigent, destitute, poor. 2 (context archaic English) in need, lacking.
WordNet
necessitous
adj. poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, poverty-stricken]
Usage examples of "necessitous".
The accommodations are large, and they are all free for the use of the poor, the necessitous, the unfortunate and the miserable.