| Pronunciation: | | nu'sesitus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] poor enough to need help from others |
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| | Synonyms: | | destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, poor, poverty-stricken |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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