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ˈneediness
[f. needy a. + -ness.]
The state or condition of being needy; poverty, want, indigence.
1382Wyclif Lev. xxvi. 16 Y shal visyte ȝow swiftly in nedynes, and in brennynge. a1440Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 54 From howe grete ricches with sodeyne case I am come yn nedynes. 1534More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. Wks. 1234/1 Hee lyued here in needynesse and pouertye all hys lyfe. 1565Golding Ovid's Met. To Rdr., Of health and sicknesse, life and death, of needinesse and wealth. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 210 That penurie and needinesse of the soule. 1827Southey Penins. War II. 476 These measures proved the neediness of the intrusive government. 1883Fortn. Rev. 1 Sept. 347 It is not from neediness, nor yet from niggardliness. |