Indigent Definition

ĭndĭ-jənt
indigents
adjective
Experiencing want or need; impoverished.
Distributed food to indigent families.
American Heritage
In poverty; poor; needy; destitute.
Webster's New World
Lacking; destitute (of)
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
indigents
An indigent person.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Indigent

Noun

Singular:
indigent
Plural:
indigents

Origin of Indigent

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin indigēns indigent- present participle of indigēre to need indu- in en in Indo-European roots egēre to lack

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Circa 1400, Middle French, from Latin indigentem, form of indigere (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egere (“be in need, want”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Only relation to antonym affluent is common Latinate suffix +‎ -ent.

    From Wiktionary

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