Ne*ces"si*tous (?), a. [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.