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needy (adj.)
late 12c.,
neodi
"poor, indigent," from
need
(n.) + adjectival suffix
-y
(2). Cf. Dutch
noodig
, German
nothig
, Old Norse
nauðigr
. As a noun from mid-14c. Related:
Needily
;
neediness
.
