destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken
(adjective) poor enough to need help from others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
indigent (plural indigents)
A person in need, or in poverty.
• See pauper
• 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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
