INDIGENT


Meaning of INDIGENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈin-di-jənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin indigent-, indigens, present participle of indigēre to need, from Old Latin indu + Latin egēre to need; perhaps akin to Old High German echerode poor

Date: 15th century

1. : suffering from indigence : impoverished

2.

a. archaic : deficient

b. archaic : totally lacking in something specified

• indigent noun

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