[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

necessitous \neces"sitous\, a. cf. f. n'ecessiteux.
   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 -- neces"sitously, adv. --
      neces"sitousness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
neces"sitously neces"sitousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

necessitous
     adj : poor enough to need help from others syn: destitute, impoverished,
            indigent, needy, poverty-stricken
see also:
destitute impoverished indigent needy poverty-stricken 

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