equinecessary

equinecessary

English

Etymology

equi- +‎ necessary

Adjective

equinecessary (not comparable)

1. Necessary or needful in the same degree.

References

• 1816, Jane Harvey, Brougham Castle: A Novel, p. 29 :

  Cadmus dryly replied —"On that point also we can have no divarication, sir; I too would use my utmost powers of refrenation with my ward until such elucidation was made where I might see it to be equinecessary; I mean naething discourteous, my dear sir; I cherish the highest respect for you and your family, but a matter of this nature requires deep and mature ponderation."

• 1662 (1668), Samuel Butler, Hudbiras

  The ancients make two sev'ral kinds

  Of prowess in heroic minds

  The active, and the passive valiant

  Both which are pari libra gallant;

  For both to give blows, and to carry,

  In fights are equinecessary

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for equinecessary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)