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indigent

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in⋅di⋅gent

  [in-di-juhnt]
–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 fol. by of).
–noun
3. a person who is indigent.
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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

Related forms:
in⋅di⋅gent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. necessitous, penurious, distressed.
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in·di·gent   (ĭn'dĭ-jənt)   
adj.  

  1. Experiencing want or need; impoverished. See Synonyms at poor.

  2. Archaic Lacking or deficient.

n.  A needy or destitute person.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin indigēns, indigent-, present participle of indigēre, to need : indu-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + egēre, to lack.]
in'di·gent·ly adv.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·di·gent
Pronunciation: 'in-d&-j&nt
Function: adjective
: suffering from indigence indigent defendant was provided with counsel> —indigent noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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