What does necessitous mean?
Definitions for necessitous
nəˈsɛs ɪ təsne·ces·si·tous
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word necessitous.
Princeton's WordNet
destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-strickenadjective
poor enough to need help from others
Wiktionary
necessitousadjective
Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.
necessitousadjective
In need, lacking.
Etymology: Compare necessity, -ous.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Necessitousadjective
Pressed with poverty.
Etymology: from necessity.
They who were envied, found no satisfaction in what they were envied for, being poor and necessitous. Edward Hyde.
There are multitudes of necessitous heirs and penurious parents, parsons in pinching circumstances, with numerous families of children. Arbuthnot.
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necessitous
Necessitous generally refers to being in extreme poverty or lacking the basic necessities of life; being in a condition where one is in dire need or urgent requirement of something. It implies a state of impoverishment or great distress due to unfulfillment of essential needs or unmet demands.
Webster Dictionary
Necessitousadjective
very needy or indigent; pressed with poverty
Necessitousadjective
narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances
Etymology: [Cf. F. ncessiteux.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of necessitous in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of necessitous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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