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# {{context|archaic}} [[needy|Needy]], [[indigent]], [[destitute]], [[poor]]. |
# {{context|archaic}} [[needy|Needy]], [[indigent]], [[destitute]], [[poor]]. |
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#* ''we can by rule amass to the extent of ’two shillings’; but it is to be given to our '''necessitous''' kindred, or in charity.'' |
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#*: [[:w:Thomas Carlyle|Thomas Carlyle]], ''[[:w:Past and Present (book)|Past and Present]]'', book 2, chapter 6, ''Monk Samson'' |
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# {{context|archaic}} [[in need|In need]], [[lacking]]. |
# {{context|archaic}} [[in need|In need]], [[lacking]]. |
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Revision as of 08:33, 4 June 2009
English
Etymology
Compare (deprecated template usage) necessity, (deprecated template usage) -ous.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/nəˈsɛ.sə.təs/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Adjective
necessitous (comparative more necessitous, superlative most necessitous)
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "archaic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.
- we can by rule amass to the extent of ’two shillings’; but it is to be given to our necessitous kindred, or in charity.
- Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, chapter 6, Monk Samson
- we can by rule amass to the extent of ’two shillings’; but it is to be given to our necessitous kindred, or in charity.
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "archaic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. In need, lacking.