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necessitude

[ nuh-ses-i-tood, -tyood ]

/ nəˈsɛs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

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noun Archaic.

Words nearby necessitude

necessary stool, necessitarian, necessitarianism, necessitate, necessitous, necessitude, necessity, necessity is the mother of invention, nechako, neches, necho

Origin of necessitude

1605–15; < Latin necessitūdō, equivalent to necessi-, combining form of necesse necessary + -tūdō -tude

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