INDIGENT

destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken

(adjective) poor enough to need help from others

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

indigent (comparative more indigent, superlative most indigent)

Poor; destitute; in need.

Synonym: Thesaurus:impoverished

Antonym: affluent

(archaic) Utterly lacking or in need of something specified.

Noun

indigent (plural indigents)

A person in need, or in poverty.

Synonyms

• See pauper

Anagrams

• enditing

Source: Wiktionary


In"di*gent, a. Etym: [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L. egere to be needy, to need.]

1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence; needy; poor; in want; necessitous. Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. Shak. Charity consists in relieving the indigent. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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