|
|
Definition of Necessitousness
1. Noun. The state or condition of impoverishment; material need, especially of an urgent nature. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) The state or condition of being necessary or essential; necessity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Necessitousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Necessitousness
Literary usage of Necessitousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Religio Medici: A Letter to a Friend, Christian Morals, Urn-burial, and by Sir Thomas Browne, James Thomas Fields (1862)
"For though sometimes necessitousness be dumb, or misery speak not out ; yet true
charity is sagacious, and will find out hints for beneficence. ..."
2. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"His answer to her reproaches pleaded the necessitousness of his purchases and
expenditure: a capital plea; and Mrs. Credit was requested by him, ..."
3. English Poor Law Policy by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1910)
"... problem common and peculiar to the entire range of destitution or necessitousness,
demanding a common and peculiar method of dealing with it. ..."
Other Resources:
