'Necessitous' definitions:
Definition of 'necessitous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken]
Definition of 'Necessitous'
From: GCIDE
- Necessitous \Ne*ces"si*tous\, a. [Cf. F. n['e]cessiteux.]
- 1. Very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty. [1913 Webster]
- Necessitous heirs and penurious parents. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances. [1913 Webster] -- {Ne*ces"si*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Ne*ces"si*tous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]