Hypertext Webster Gateway: "necessitous"
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) 1.7 (wn)
necessitous
adj : poor enough to need help from others [syn: {destitute}, {impoverished},
{indigent}, {needy}, {poverty-stricken}]
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