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necessitudinous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin necessitūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin necessitūdō, from necesse + -tūdō, from ne- + cessus, from cēdō. By surface analysis, necessitude + -ous.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Characterized by or a result of necessity.
    • Wherever, in this architecture, forms can legitimately break loose from mere construction, wherever composition stands free of mere necessitudinous building, the expression towards which it strains with all the force of well-tutored simplicity is the manifestation of the Classical. 1908, The Georgian Period:
    • I believe every Princeton man, on graduation, absconds with something or other as a memento; it may be some extraneous signs, or an eleemosynary book from the Library, or necessitudinous laundry boxes. 1947, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 48, page 147: