necessitude
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of necessitude
1605–15; < Latin necessitūdō, equivalent to necessi-, combining form of necesse necessary + -tūdō -tude
Example Sentences
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But I give always my interest, not according to the interestingness, but rather to the necessitude, of each.”
From Project Gutenberg
It had been of all things the most harassing and wearing—a life of dreary necessitude—a perpetual struggle with debt.
From Project Gutenberg
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