\Ne*ces"si*tous\, a. [Cf. F. n['e]cessiteux.]
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.