ındigent

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Definition of ındigent in English English dictionary

{a} needy, wanting, poor, empty, void

Hyphenation

in·di·gent

Turkish pronunciation

îndîcınt

Synonyms

beggared, busted, destitute, down and out, flat broke, hard up, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, in want, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken

Antonyms

rich, wealthy

Pronunciation

/ˈəndəʤənt/ /ˈɪndɪʤənt/

Etymology

() c. 1400, Middle French, from Latin indigentem, form of indigere (“to need”) from indu (“in, within”) + egere (“be in need, want”).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001 Only relation to antonym affluent is common Latinate suffix +‎ -ent.