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Necessitousness

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. [1913 Webster] -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ly, adv. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ness, n.

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necessitousness

n. 1 The state or condition of impoverishment; material need, especially of an urgent nature. 2 (context rare English) The state or condition of being necessary or essential; necessity.