Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Necessitous \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.

Source : WordNet®

necessitous
     adj : poor enough to need help from others [syn: {destitute}, {impoverished},
            {indigent}, {needy}, {poverty-stricken}]