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adjective
1.
lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
2.
Archaic.
a.
deficient in what is requisite.
b.
destitute (usually followed by of).
noun
3.
a person who is indigent.
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Indigent
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin indigent- (stem of indigēns) present participle of indigēre to need, lack, be poor, equivalent to ind- by-form of in- in-2 (compare indagate) + -ig- (combining form of egēre to need, lack) + -ent- -ent
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin indigent- (stem of indigēns) present participle of indigēre to need, lack, be poor, equivalent to ind- by-form of in- in-2 (compare indagate) + -ig- (combining form of egēre to need, lack) + -ent- -ent
Related forms
in·di·gent·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. necessitous, penurious, distressed.
1. necessitous, penurious, distressed.
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