Indigent

//ˈɪndɪd͡ʒənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Poor; destitute; in need.

    "Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […]"

  2. 2
    Utterly lacking or in need of something specified. archaic

    "Again some Bodies dissolve both in Fire and Water, as Gums; &c. And these are such, as have both Plenty of Spirit; and their tangible Parts indigent of Moisture: the former promotes the Dilatation of the Spirits by the Fire and the latter stimulates the Parts to receive the Liquor."

Adjective
  1. 1
    poor enough to need help from others wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person in need, or in poverty.

    "I liked the streets best, so I walked and stared, and slept in a Salvation Army hostel for indigents. But I was no indigent; I was rich in feeling, and that was a luxury I had rarely known."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”).

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