Ne*ces"si*tous (?), a. [Cf. F. n'ecessiteux.]
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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