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indigent
 
SYLLABICATION:in·di·gent
PRONUNCIATION:  nd-jnt
ADJECTIVE:1. Experiencing want or need; impoverished. See synonyms at poor. 2. Archaic Lacking or deficient.
NOUN: A needy or destitute person.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French, from Latin indigns, indigent-, present participle of indigre, to need : indu-, in; see en in Appendix I + egre, to lack.
OTHER FORMS:indi·gent·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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