needyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈniːdi/, U.S.

/ˈnidi/

Forms: see need n.¹ and -y suffix¹; also early Middle English node, Middle English neddy, Middle English nede, 1500s neady. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form Middle English neady.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch nodich , nodech in need, indigent (Dutch nodig necessary), Middle Low German nōdich necessary, urgent, by requirement (compare Old Saxon nōdago , nōtago (adverb) by compulsion, by coercion), Old High German nōtag , nōteg , nōtak , nōtec compelled, forced, suffering deprivation (Middle High German nōtic , nōtec , noetic suffering want, in distress, poor, necessary, urgent, German nötig necessary), Old Icelandic nauðigr forced, unwilling, Old Swedish nöþogher forced, unwilling (Swedish nödig forced, unwilling, necessary), Danish nødig (adjective, probably after German) necessary, (adverb) reluctantly < the Germanic base of need n.¹ + the Germanic base of -y suffix¹.

A. adj.

†1. Needful, necessary. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adjective]

needfulOE

necessaryc1376

needfulc1390

necessairea1393

needfula1402

necessariousc1410

requisite1442

unlackablec1443

unsparablec1449

necessc1475

requise1477

needy1487

exigentc1508

of necessityc1515

essential1526

insacrificablea1603

peremptory1607

unspared1614

sine qua non1615

real1620

necessitous1637

needsomec1650

undispensable1658

vital1659

wanting1671

implemental1676

sine quo non1693

indispensable1696

indispensible1792

vital1822

unmissable1823

of the essence (of)1843

OE [implied in: Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 282 Debitum : neadinysse [OE Digby 146 neadinysse] uel neode. (at neediness n. 1)].

a1325 Lent (Corpus Cambr.) 85 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 131 (MED) Mony þinges neodi beoþ ar ssrift beo wel ido.

1487 Act 3 Hen. VII c. 11 §1 Fullers..that shuld lyve and obtayne their nedy sustentacion by meane of drapery.

a1535 Frere & Boye (W. de W.) 45 Therto soone I assent, For that me thynketh moost nedy.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles iv. 94 These our Ships..Are stor'd with Corne, to make your needie bread.

a. Of a person: poor, destitute, without necessaries. Also in extended use, esp. with reference to spiritual and emotional needs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor

havelessOE

unrichOE

waedlec1000

armOE

nakedOE

helplessc1175

wantsomec1175

poora1200

barec1220

needfula1225

misease?c1225

unwealya1300

needyc1325

feeblec1330

poorful1372

mischievousc1390

miseasedc1390

indigentc1400

meanc1400

naughtyc1400

succourless1412

unwealthyc1412

behove1413

misterousa1425

misterfulc1480

miserablec1485

beggarly1545

starved1563

threadbare1577

penurious1590

fortuneless1596

wealthless1605

wantful1607

necessitous1611

inopulent1613

titheless1615

egene1631

starveling1638

necessitated1646

inopious1656

parsimonious1782

unopulent1782

lacking1805

bushed1819

obolary1820

ill-to-do1853

down at heel1856

po'1866

needsome1870

down-at-heeled1884

rocky1921

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 6780 (MED) Reufol he was to nedi men, of is almes large & fre.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. viii. 51 Þe pore, Þat is Innocent and neodi and no mon haþ apeyret.

1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 130 To x of the nedyest paryschirches yn the Cuntre by sidys.

c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 1030 (MED) Haue pyte and compassyon Off þi neybur wyche ys seke and nedy.

?1510 T. More tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. b.iii^v [To] releue y^e necessite & miseri of pore nedi peple.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas (1868) 59 But fewe regard their needy neighbours lacke.

1611 B. Jonson Catiline iii. sig. G3^v With the old needie troopes, that follow'd Sylla.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 626 In some places it is admirable fruitfull, in other places very barren and needy.

1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 5 Have you less Pity for the needy Cheat, The poor and friendless Villain, than the Great?

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer iii. 66 Want stimulates that propensity to rapacity and injustice, too natural to needy men, which is the fatal gradation.

1829 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 21 Aug. (1884) II. 23 Our papers are now very poorly done, by needy adventurers.

1868 T. T. Lynch Rivulet (ed. 3) cxlviii. 180 The sky is in its working dress, And needy earth befriends.

1932 N. Thompson Canad. Railway Devel. (1933) 77 Sometimes a needy engine would halt and ‘bunker up’ from one of these friendly wood piles.

1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. iv. ix. 97 In the hope of transporting the needy unemployed to the New World, and of finding new markets among the natives for English cloth, Gilbert himself obtained a charter from Elizabeth in 1578.

1988 New Statesman 17 June 28/2 Targeting additional resources through the Department of the Environment's Estate Action programme to the most needy council estates.

1998 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 24 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 7/2 He meets a fading thrice-married beauty... Ira is infatuated with this needy, insecure woman who has a disturbed and manipulative daughter.

b. In need of a thing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > ill-provided with something

barec1220

leana1340

needya1425

matterless1483

deficious1541

scarce of?1541

scanta1595

deficienta1616

strait1662

short of1697

shy1895

low on1904

short on1922

light1936

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. xii. 9 Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. i. sig. N iv This felowe shall be made nedy of our ayde.

1597 J. Howson Serm. 31 We..are..needy of all things but hunger and feare.

1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 70 The inhabitants are as needie of Rhenish, French, Spanish wines..as they againe are greedie of the waxe, honie, skins, and corne, which are brought thither from Prussia.

1619 Two Wise Men & All Rest Fooles iii. iii. 39 We call such men poore, as being needie of goodnes and grace.

1845 T. H. Chivers Lost Pleiad 21 I love the sympathies of other minds—Not that my soul is needy of mere praise—I am not poor for friends.

a1896 W. Morris Frithiof the Bold xi, in Coll. Wks. (1910–11) X. 73 Since have I drifted With salt-boiling carls, Needy of help Ere hither I came.

1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 420 Men are as needy of touch as women, if not more so, because they don't get as much as women do.

†3. Under a necessity or obligation to do something. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > absolutely compulsory > absolutely compelled

boundc1360

needyc1430

constrained1571

necessary1654

compulsory1806

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > compelled (of persons)

coactc1430

needyc1430

constrained1609

compulsive1611

obtruded1649

enforced1654

necessary1724

necessiated1727

compulsory1806

coerced1836

bulldozered1876

pressured1889

c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 60 Ȝit stode that worthy lady..abidynge vnto..hir purificacioun..as the childe Jesu were a pure man and not god, nedy to kepe the obseruance of the lawe.

a. Of circumstances, etc.: characterized by poverty or need.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective]

poorc1300

straitc1300

porail1514

needy1574

necessitous1608

down at heel1856

1574 R. Cox in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 17 In this nedy and beggerly tyme.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 42 In his needie shop a tortoyes hung.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 29 Our poor and needy life.

1680 W. Temple Ess. Excesses of Grief in Miscellanea 173 We bring into the world with us a poor needy uncertain life.

1783 J. Beattie Diss. Moral & Crit. 523 They were a strong, hardy, and active race of men. This character they must have derived, in a great measure, from their climate and needy circumstances. Want is the parent of industry.

1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 317 King's Bench rulers with needy habiliments, and lingering looks sighing for term time and a horse.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 340 One is appealed to in behalf of some person in needy circumstances who wishes to make a living by the pen.

1907 Daily Chron. 23 May 6/4 The March Nile of Egypt is rushing through with the tumult of many waters. But a great deal is held back for a needier time.

1991 Business Week 12 Aug. 44/3 The person who is coming from the outside into a turbulent or needy situation is like a hellfighter.

†b. Of an action: anxious, urgent. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [adjective] > of search: anxious

needy1867

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > observing closely > of search

needy1867

1867 G. MacDonald Poems 19 That neediest search will not avail To find a refuge here.

B. n.

A poor or destitute person; (with plural agreement, now with the) poor or destitute people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor people or the poor

waedlec888

needfula1200

needya1225

poorc1225

God's poorc1230

porailc1325

porailsa1425

povertya1450

poorality1536

God's poverty1563

miserable1582

necessitous1622

necessitated1638

ptochocracy1831

fallen1878

worse off1890

po'1945

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 135 (MED) Delen heo [sc. alms] þet euric neodi ðe heo biseceð sum þing ðer of afo.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxiv. 14 Þou shalt not denyȝe þe mede of þe nedy & of þe pore, þy broþer.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. 14 (MED) Þe Neodi and þe Nakede nym ȝeeme hou þei liggen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 103 (MED) Lauedi scho es o leuedis all..to nedi neghest on to call.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 4976 (MED) Eccuba þe quene..was..To pore..pitous and merciable And vn-to nedy wonder charitable.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 239 (MED) He was..meteable to the nedy.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlvij^v What time the pore and nedye are releued.

1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §cxxxviii I am sure I want no lesse then the neediest.

1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 28 Of Dues Observant, Firm in ev'ry Trust, And to the Needy always more than Just.

1725 C. Cibber Cæsar in Ægypt iii. 42 Let us not rob the Needy, for the Great.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 16 At gold's superior charms all freedom flies, The needy sell it, and the rich man buys.

1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 528 Not only to accommodate the poor and the needy, but to advance the public good.

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 483 The sons of the needy.

1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xiv. 48 All I get is my kip and a clean mill tog,..and what few medazas I can make out of the lodgers and the needies.

1945 E. Waugh Let. 23 Jan. (1980) 197 I distribute food to the needy and get a sense of vicarious generosity in the process.

1988 Kitchener–Waterloo (Ont.) Record 8 June b3 Deborah..said society must overcome its prejudice toward the needy.

2001 National Post (Canada) 1 May a4/3 The City of Edmonton has donated 13 old parking meters to collect money from people who want to help the needy but discourage aggressive begging.

Compounds

† needy mizzler n. Obsolete slang a beggar, homeless person, or itinerant; spec. a person who rents lodgings by the night and then absconds without paying.

ΚΠ

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 191 Needy-mizzler, a poor ragged object of either sex; a shabby-looking person.

1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 319 Though a needy mizzler myself, I likes to see a cove vot's vel dressed.

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 67 Needy mizzler, a shabby person.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	needy
释义	needyadj.n. Brit. /ˈniːdi/, U.S. /ˈnidi/ Forms: see need n.¹ and -y suffix¹; also early Middle English node, Middle English neddy, Middle English nede, 1500s neady. N.E.D. (1906) also records a form Middle English neady. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch nodich , nodech in need, indigent (Dutch nodig necessary), Middle Low German nōdich necessary, urgent, by requirement (compare Old Saxon nōdago , nōtago (adverb) by compulsion, by coercion), Old High German nōtag , nōteg , nōtak , nōtec compelled, forced, suffering deprivation (Middle High German nōtic , nōtec , noetic suffering want, in distress, poor, necessary, urgent, German nötig necessary), Old Icelandic nauðigr forced, unwilling, Old Swedish nöþogher forced, unwilling (Swedish nödig forced, unwilling, necessary), Danish nødig (adjective, probably after German) necessary, (adverb) reluctantly < the Germanic base of need n.¹ + the Germanic base of -y suffix¹. A. adj. †1. Needful, necessary. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adjective] needfulOE necessaryc1376 needfulc1390 necessairea1393 needfula1402 necessariousc1410 requisite1442 unlackablec1443 unsparablec1449 necessc1475 requise1477 needy1487 exigentc1508 of necessityc1515 essential1526 insacrificablea1603 peremptory1607 unspared1614 sine qua non1615 real1620 necessitous1637 needsomec1650 undispensable1658 vital1659 wanting1671 implemental1676 sine quo non1693 indispensable1696 indispensible1792 vital1822 unmissable1823 of the essence (of)1843 OE [implied in: Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 282 Debitum : neadinysse [OE Digby 146 neadinysse] uel neode. (at neediness n. 1)]. a1325 Lent (Corpus Cambr.) 85 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 131 (MED) Mony þinges neodi beoþ ar ssrift beo wel ido. 1487 Act 3 Hen. VII c. 11 §1 Fullers..that shuld lyve and obtayne their nedy sustentacion by meane of drapery. a1535 Frere & Boye (W. de W.) 45 Therto soone I assent, For that me thynketh moost nedy. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles iv. 94 These our Ships..Are stor'd with Corne, to make your needie bread. View more context for this quotation 2. a. Of a person: poor, destitute, without necessaries. Also in extended use, esp. with reference to spiritual and emotional needs. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor havelessOE unrichOE waedlec1000 armOE nakedOE helplessc1175 wantsomec1175 poora1200 barec1220 needfula1225 misease?c1225 unwealya1300 needyc1325 feeblec1330 poorful1372 mischievousc1390 miseasedc1390 indigentc1400 meanc1400 naughtyc1400 succourless1412 unwealthyc1412 behove1413 misterousa1425 misterfulc1480 miserablec1485 beggarly1545 starved1563 threadbare1577 penurious1590 fortuneless1596 wealthless1605 wantful1607 necessitous1611 inopulent1613 titheless1615 egene1631 starveling1638 necessitated1646 inopious1656 parsimonious1782 unopulent1782 lacking1805 bushed1819 obolary1820 ill-to-do1853 down at heel1856 po'1866 needsome1870 down-at-heeled1884 rocky1921 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 6780 (MED) Reufol he was to nedi men, of is almes large & fre. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. viii. 51 Þe pore, Þat is Innocent and neodi and no mon haþ apeyret. 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 130 To x of the nedyest paryschirches yn the Cuntre by sidys. c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 1030 (MED) Haue pyte and compassyon Off þi neybur wyche ys seke and nedy. ?1510 T. More tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. b.iii^v [To] releue y^e necessite & miseri of pore nedi peple. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas (1868) 59 But fewe regard their needy neighbours lacke. 1611 B. Jonson Catiline iii. sig. G3^v With the old needie troopes, that follow'd Sylla. View more context for this quotation 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 626 In some places it is admirable fruitfull, in other places very barren and needy. 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 5 Have you less Pity for the needy Cheat, The poor and friendless Villain, than the Great? 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer iii. 66 Want stimulates that propensity to rapacity and injustice, too natural to needy men, which is the fatal gradation. 1829 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 21 Aug. (1884) II. 23 Our papers are now very poorly done, by needy adventurers. 1868 T. T. Lynch Rivulet (ed. 3) cxlviii. 180 The sky is in its working dress, And needy earth befriends. 1932 N. Thompson Canad. Railway Devel. (1933) 77 Sometimes a needy engine would halt and ‘bunker up’ from one of these friendly wood piles. 1956 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples II. iv. ix. 97 In the hope of transporting the needy unemployed to the New World, and of finding new markets among the natives for English cloth, Gilbert himself obtained a charter from Elizabeth in 1578. 1988 New Statesman 17 June 28/2 Targeting additional resources through the Department of the Environment's Estate Action programme to the most needy council estates. 1998 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 24 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 7/2 He meets a fading thrice-married beauty... Ira is infatuated with this needy, insecure woman who has a disturbed and manipulative daughter. b. In need of a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > ill-provided with something barec1220 leana1340 needya1425 matterless1483 deficious1541 scarce of?1541 scanta1595 deficienta1616 strait1662 short of1697 shy1895 low on1904 short on1922 light1936 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Prov. xii. 9 Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. i. sig. N iv This felowe shall be made nedy of our ayde. 1597 J. Howson Serm. 31 We..are..needy of all things but hunger and feare. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 70 The inhabitants are as needie of Rhenish, French, Spanish wines..as they againe are greedie of the waxe, honie, skins, and corne, which are brought thither from Prussia. 1619 Two Wise Men & All Rest Fooles iii. iii. 39 We call such men poore, as being needie of goodnes and grace. 1845 T. H. Chivers Lost Pleiad 21 I love the sympathies of other minds—Not that my soul is needy of mere praise—I am not poor for friends. a1896 W. Morris Frithiof the Bold xi, in Coll. Wks. (1910–11) X. 73 Since have I drifted With salt-boiling carls, Needy of help Ere hither I came. 1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 420 Men are as needy of touch as women, if not more so, because they don't get as much as women do. †3. Under a necessity or obligation to do something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > absolutely compulsory > absolutely compelled boundc1360 needyc1430 constrained1571 necessary1654 compulsory1806 society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective] > compelled (of persons) coactc1430 needyc1430 constrained1609 compulsive1611 obtruded1649 enforced1654 necessary1724 necessiated1727 compulsory1806 coerced1836 bulldozered1876 pressured1889 c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 60 Ȝit stode that worthy lady..abidynge vnto..hir purificacioun..as the childe Jesu were a pure man and not god, nedy to kepe the obseruance of the lawe. 4. a. Of circumstances, etc.: characterized by poverty or need. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] poorc1300 straitc1300 porail1514 needy1574 necessitous1608 down at heel1856 1574 R. Cox in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 17 In this nedy and beggerly tyme. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 42 In his needie shop a tortoyes hung. View more context for this quotation 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 29 Our poor and needy life. 1680 W. Temple Ess. Excesses of Grief in Miscellanea 173 We bring into the world with us a poor needy uncertain life. 1783 J. Beattie Diss. Moral & Crit. 523 They were a strong, hardy, and active race of men. This character they must have derived, in a great measure, from their climate and needy circumstances. Want is the parent of industry. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 317 King's Bench rulers with needy habiliments, and lingering looks sighing for term time and a horse. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xii. 340 One is appealed to in behalf of some person in needy circumstances who wishes to make a living by the pen. 1907 Daily Chron. 23 May 6/4 The March Nile of Egypt is rushing through with the tumult of many waters. But a great deal is held back for a needier time. 1991 Business Week 12 Aug. 44/3 The person who is coming from the outside into a turbulent or needy situation is like a hellfighter. †b. Of an action: anxious, urgent. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [adjective] > of search: anxious needy1867 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > notice, observation > [adjective] > observing closely > of search needy1867 1867 G. MacDonald Poems 19 That neediest search will not avail To find a refuge here. B. n. A poor or destitute person; (with plural agreement, now with the) poor or destitute people as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor people or the poor waedlec888 needfula1200 needya1225 poorc1225 God's poorc1230 porailc1325 porailsa1425 povertya1450 poorality1536 God's poverty1563 miserable1582 necessitous1622 necessitated1638 ptochocracy1831 fallen1878 worse off1890 po'1945 a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 135 (MED) Delen heo [sc. alms] þet euric neodi ðe heo biseceð sum þing ðer of afo. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxiv. 14 Þou shalt not denyȝe þe mede of þe nedy & of þe pore, þy broþer. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. 14 (MED) Þe Neodi and þe Nakede nym ȝeeme hou þei liggen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 103 (MED) Lauedi scho es o leuedis all..to nedi neghest on to call. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 4976 (MED) Eccuba þe quene..was..To pore..pitous and merciable And vn-to nedy wonder charitable. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 239 (MED) He was..meteable to the nedy. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlvij^v What time the pore and nedye are releued. 1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §cxxxviii I am sure I want no lesse then the neediest. 1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 28 Of Dues Observant, Firm in ev'ry Trust, And to the Needy always more than Just. 1725 C. Cibber Cæsar in Ægypt iii. 42 Let us not rob the Needy, for the Great. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 16 At gold's superior charms all freedom flies, The needy sell it, and the rich man buys. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 528 Not only to accommodate the poor and the needy, but to advance the public good. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 483 The sons of the needy. 1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xiv. 48 All I get is my kip and a clean mill tog,..and what few medazas I can make out of the lodgers and the needies. 1945 E. Waugh Let. 23 Jan. (1980) 197 I distribute food to the needy and get a sense of vicarious generosity in the process. 1988 Kitchener–Waterloo (Ont.) Record 8 June b3 Deborah..said society must overcome its prejudice toward the needy. 2001 National Post (Canada) 1 May a4/3 The City of Edmonton has donated 13 old parking meters to collect money from people who want to help the needy but discourage aggressive begging. Compounds † needy mizzler n. Obsolete slang a beggar, homeless person, or itinerant; spec. a person who rents lodgings by the night and then absconds without paying. ΚΠ 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 191 Needy-mizzler, a poor ragged object of either sex; a shabby-looking person. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 319 Though a needy mizzler myself, I likes to see a cove vot's vel dressed. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 67 Needy mizzler, a shabby person. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.OE
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