needy

[nee-dee] Origin

need·y

[nee-dee] adjective, need·i·er, need·i·est, noun
adjective
1.
in a condition of need or want; poverty-stricken; impoverished; extremely poor; destitute.
noun
2.
(used with a plural verb) needy persons collectively (usually preceded by the): Help the needy.

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Needy is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English nedi; see need, -y1

need·i·ly, adverb
un·need·y, adjective
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needy (ˈniːdɪ)
 
adj , needier, neediest
a.  in need of practical or emotional support; distressed
 b.  (as collective noun; preceded by the): the needy

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needy
c.1175, neodi "poor, indigent," from need (n.) (q.v.) + adj. suffix -y.
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