Category:Necessitous

Ne*ces"si*tous, a. Etym: [cf. F. nécessiteux.]

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.