Definition/Meaning of necessitude

• English - Noun: necessitude ( plural necessitudes ) ( rare ) The state or characteristic of being in need; neediness . 1870 , "Lord Kilgobbin," The Cornhill Magazine , vol . 22 , p . 521: It had been of all things the most harassing and wearying—a life of dreary necessitude —a perpetual struggle with debt . 2001 , Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, The Cause , ISBN 9780751525380, p . 408: Even if she could have faced…
• English - References: ^ Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed ., 1989.