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 fol. by of).
–noun
3.
a person who is indigent.
Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L indigent- (s. of indigēns) prp. of indigēre to need, lack, be poor, equiv. to ind- by-form of in-in-2(cf. indagate) + -ig- (comb. form of egēre to need, lack) + -ent--ent
Main Entry: in·di·gent Pronunciation: 'in-d&-j&nt Function: adjective : suffering from indigence indigent defendant was provided with counsel> —indigentnoun
[in-di-juh
nt] 