indigent
11indigent — [adj] poor beggared, busted, destitute, down and out*, flat broke*, hard up*, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, in want, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, povertystricken; concept 334 Ant. rich, wealthy …
12indigent — Indigent, Indigus, Egenus …
13indigent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ poor; needy. ► NOUN ▪ a needy person. DERIVATIVES indigence noun. ORIGIN Latin, from indigere to lack …
14indigent — 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… …
15INDIGENT — ENTE. adj. Nécessiteux, extrêmement pauvre. Assister ceux qui sont indigents. Il est si indigent, qu il vit d aumônes. Il se prend aussi substantivement. On doit secourir l indigent, les indigents …
16indigent — 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… …
17indigent — 1. adjective /ˈɪndɪʤənt/ Poor; destitute; in need. I had since my introduction to the prince been sensitive to the fact that he must think an obviously indigent soldier of fortune will sooner or later open the subject of a subscription to the… …
18indigent — in•di•gent [[t]ˈɪn dɪ dʒənt[/t]] adj. 1) lacking the necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished 2) archaic a) deficient in what is requisite b) destitute (usu. fol. by of) 3) a person who is indigent • Etymology: 1350–1400; …
19indigent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. poor, poverty stricken (see poverty).Ant., wealthy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. needy, impoverished, poverty stricken; see poor 1 . See Synonym Study at poor . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
20indigent — [[t]ɪ̱ndɪʤənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is indigent is very poor. [FORMAL] …
