| Word | necessitous |
|---|---|
| Definition | adj. (of a person) Lacking the necessities of life. |
| Sentence | The friend whom he had known under a shabby and necessitous guise had become a brilliant figure on the London Press. |
| Source | Dubliners, "A Little Cloud", p. 76 |
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