[in.di.gent] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L indigent-, indigens, prp. of indigere to need, fr. OL indu + L egere to need; perh. akin to OHG ekrodi thin] (15c) 1: suffering from indigence: impoverished
2. a archaic: deficient b archaic: totally lacking in something specified -- indigent n