INDIGENT


Meaning of INDIGENT in English

— indigently , adv.

/in"di jeuhnt/ , adj.

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 ).

n.

3. a person who is indigent.

[ 1350-1400; ME indigent- (s. of indigens ) prp. of indigere to need, lack, be poor, equiv. to ind- by-form of in- IN- 2 (cf. INDAGATE) + -ig- (comb. form of egere to need, lack) + -ent- -ENT ]

Syn. 1. necessitous, penurious, distressed.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .