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Indigent
Definitions
- 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 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."
- 1 poor enough to need help from others wordnet
- 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
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”).
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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