2. Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances.

-- Ne*ces"si*tous*ly, adv. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ness, n.

Ne*ces"si*tude (?), n. [L. necessitudo, fr. necesse. See Necessray.] 1.

Necessitousness; want. Sir M. Hale.