necessitous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite poor enough to need help from others
    poverty-stricken; needy; impoverished; destitute; indigent.

WordNet

Ne*ces"si*tous adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. nécessiteux.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913