indigencyn.

Brit.

/ˈɪndᵻdʒ(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/ˈɪndədʒənsi/

Forms: 1500s indigencye, 1500s–1600s indigencie, 1500s– indigency.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin indigentia.

Etymology: < classical Latin indigentia indigence n.; compare -y suffix³, -ency suffix. Compare earlier indigence n.

1. Deficiency or want; need. Cf. indigence n. 2c. In later use rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > of something

misterc1300

indigence?14..

necessity?a1425

indigencya1620

requirance1662

1546 W. Peryn Thre Serm. (new ed.) iii. sig. M.ii^v He refused it, and wolde not let her, anoynte hym, for he was not then in suche state and indigencie [?1546 (ed. 1) nedines], as he was afore.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. v. §4. 38 The chiefest tye, and bond of all humane society, is neither reason, nor speech, nor indigency; but religion and piety.

1631 T. Taylor Regula Vitae 152 There is a twofold thirst. The former is of totall indigency, or a whole want of Christ; and this is satisfied in the beleever, that hee shall never so miserably thirst againe.

1659 T. Lushington Recantation Serm. in Resurrection Rescued 73 Man ceaseth to be Man, if we conceive him all-sufficient; God onely is so..Man's being and his good is Indigency and want.

1716 tr. J. Arndt Garden Paradise i. 50 Thou suppliest the Want of every Soul in particular, and art the universal Relief of all our Need and Indigency.

1801 F. Barrett Magus i. ii. xlv. 169 The desire to rule, is moved by anger and other labours to get the dominion; and the indigency of nature, and fear of poverty, moves a man to desire riches.

1903 Syren 15 Apr. 175/1 That abode of incompetency, political intrigue and moral indigency known as the New York Custom House.

2015 Metaphilosophy 46 373 Love of desire pointed to the indigency in human nature, to the need to have one's love requited.

a. Poverty; esp. extreme poverty in which one lacks the means to support or provide for oneself; destitution. Cf. indigence n. 1a(a).Cf. the specific sense at 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]

waedlec888

wanspeedc893

wanea1100

wandrethc1175

miseasea1200

povertya1225

lowness?c1225

needc1225

orcostc1225

poorness?a1300

unwealtha1300

defaultc1300

porailc1325

straitnessa1340

poorhead1340

mischiefa1375

miseasetya1382

needinessa1382

misterc1385

indigencec1386

scarcitya1387

noughtc1400

scantnessc1400

necessity?1406

penurya1425

povertnessa1434

exilitya1439

wantc1450

scarcenessc1475

needinga1500

povertiesa1500

penurity?a1505

poortith?a1513

debility1525

tenuity1535

leanness1550

lack1555

Needham1577

inopy1581

pinching1587

dispurveyance1590

egency1600

macritude1623

penuriousness1630

indigency1631

needihood1648

necessitousness1650

egestuosity1656

straitened circumstancesa1766

unopulence1796

Queer Street1811

lowliness1834

breadlessness1860

unwealthiness1886

out-of-elbowness1890

secondary poverty1901

Short Street1920

1571 E. Grant tr. Plutarch President for Parentes sig. F.i^v These my preceptes of education might be conducible and profitable to all in generall: but if there be any hindred through pouertie, and oppressed with penurie and indigencie..let them bewaile and deplore their owne misfortune.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 183 Where there is indigency, there is sollicitude, and distraction, and uneasiness, and fear.

1742 Young City Merchant, turn'd Spittle-fields Poulterer 4 Such a Speech from a Man of your Wealth, in this Part of the Town, is only insulting our Indigency.

1864 Sci. Amer. 17 Dec. 387/2 Nothing can be more surprising to the American people than the extreme indigency and physical degeneracy of the British working-people.

1924 Glasgow Herald 7 Feb. 7 Unemployment and indigency..existed on a scale that was entirely disproportionate to the size of the white population.

2013 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 2 Feb. 11 He rose from abject indigency to being a top executive in a leading banking institution.

b. spec. (chiefly U.S.). Financial hardship of a level which (in some contexts and jurisdictions) makes one eligible to receive official assistance or support, free or discounted medical care, legal representation, etc. Frequently in affidavit of indigency, certificate of indigency, etc. Cf. indigence n. 1a(b).See also medical indigency n.

ΚΠ

1776 J. S. Hobart Let. 7 Oct. in P. Force Amer. Arch. 5th Ser. (1851) II. 934 Certificates of indigency from the Chairman of Committees being necessary to entitle to maintenance, such cannot be had.

1865 R. Lytton Let. in Rep. Secretaries of Embassy & Legation on Manufactures, Commerce 226 in Accts. & Papers (House of Commons) LIV. The rights and privileges of a member of a Commune..consist of the right of free domicile, parish assistance in case of proved indigency, [etc.].

1880 Biennial Rep. Dept. & Benevolent Inst. State of Mississippi 1878, 1879 13 To the very poor, clothing is also supplied. In order to secure the benefit of clothing, the parents or guardian of a pupil must make an affidavit of indigency before the Chancery Clerk of the county.

1948 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 2 Dec. 889/2 No test for indigency will be carried out. A statement from the patient's physician to the effect that treatment would be a financial hardship..is expected to suffice.

2006 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 27 Dec. (Final ed.) (Metro section) 4 [He] tried to get the courts to pay for them [sc. trial transcripts] by claiming indigency, even though he had given his sister thousands of dollars.

†3. In plural. Wants, needs. Cf. indigence n. 2a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > instance or time of need

needOE

needinga1400

indigencec1416

pinch1489

indigency1651

1625 R. Winterton tr. J. Gerhard Gerards Prayers iv. Argt. 144 The Meditation of our neighbours wants and indigencies, concernes the common good and welfare of the Church, and Common-wealth.

1651 J. Rocket Christian Subj. (1658) vii. 90 Ready to supply their indigencies, to pardon their infirmities.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. x. i. 459 All which various Methods being so nicely accommodated to the Indigencies of those helpless Vegetables.

1845 J. Hunter New Illustr. Life, Stud., & Writings Shakespeare I. 251 With warmth we associate ideas of comfort and protection, while cold is associated with the sufferings and indigencies of life.

1910 Aberdeen Daily Jrnl. 2 Dec. (2nd ed.) 6/4 It was asserted that it was not safe to make over the estates of the people in trust to men who had none of their own, lest their domestic indigencies in conjunction with a foreign temptation should warp them to a contrary interest.

†4. Lack or absence of something necessary or desirable; an instance of this. Cf. indigence n. 2b. Obsolete.In later use perhaps a figurative use of sense 2a.

ΚΠ

1636 J. Trussell Contin. Coll. Hist. Eng. 201 The paucitie of Ploughmen and husbandmen, the want of farmers, and the indigency of Cattell wherewith to stocke their farmes.

1714 J. Fortescue-Aland in J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. Pref. 12 In the Infancy of the State and Indigency of Laws.

1799 E. Du Bois Piece Family Biogr. II. viii. 144 That too numerous species of authors who are constrained to have recourse to a pomposity of diction as a substitute for an indigency of matter.

1863 Standard 19 June 6/3 I was almost in the midst of a very select circle of good scholars, men who would be keenly alive to the indigency of style, or indeed any blemish in an oration.

Compounds

As a modifier, with the sense ‘of or relating to indigency’ (esp. in sense 2b), as in indigency certificate, indigency hearing, indigency status, etc.

ΚΠ

1898 National Bankruptcy News 15 Dec. 20/2 In but one case [sc. of voluntary bankruptcy] has the indigency affidavit been made.

1900 Santa Fe New Mexican 7 Mar. An indigency certificate was presented for Eduardo Lobato, a deaf mute.., so as to admit him to the deaf and dumb asylum without charge for board and tuition.

1906 Edinb. Evening News 6 Sept. 6/5 The Government has appointed an Indigency Commission to inquire into the distress in the Transvaal.

1945 Commonw. Austral.: House of Representatives Hansard 19 Sept. 5593 How can the honorable member say that the social service benefits are not charity when the Government imposes an indigency test?

1970 A. K. Daniels et al. Academics on Line 226 Students were told by the court to sell their cars, borrow money, [etc.]. But if they did so, they would relinquish their claims to indigency status and their rights to the services of the public defender.

2019 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 22 June Those who still can't pay will be offered an indigency hearing where costs could be excused.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	indigency
释义	indigencyn. Brit. /ˈɪndᵻdʒ(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈɪndədʒənsi/ Forms: 1500s indigencye, 1500s–1600s indigencie, 1500s– indigency. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin indigentia. Etymology: < classical Latin indigentia indigence n.; compare -y suffix³, -ency suffix. Compare earlier indigence n. 1. Deficiency or want; need. Cf. indigence n. 2c. In later use rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > of something misterc1300 indigence?14.. necessity?a1425 indigencya1620 requirance1662 1546 W. Peryn Thre Serm. (new ed.) iii. sig. M.ii^v He refused it, and wolde not let her, anoynte hym, for he was not then in suche state and indigencie [?1546 (ed. 1) nedines], as he was afore. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. v. §4. 38 The chiefest tye, and bond of all humane society, is neither reason, nor speech, nor indigency; but religion and piety. 1631 T. Taylor Regula Vitae 152 There is a twofold thirst. The former is of totall indigency, or a whole want of Christ; and this is satisfied in the beleever, that hee shall never so miserably thirst againe. 1659 T. Lushington Recantation Serm. in Resurrection Rescued 73 Man ceaseth to be Man, if we conceive him all-sufficient; God onely is so..Man's being and his good is Indigency and want. 1716 tr. J. Arndt Garden Paradise i. 50 Thou suppliest the Want of every Soul in particular, and art the universal Relief of all our Need and Indigency. 1801 F. Barrett Magus i. ii. xlv. 169 The desire to rule, is moved by anger and other labours to get the dominion; and the indigency of nature, and fear of poverty, moves a man to desire riches. 1903 Syren 15 Apr. 175/1 That abode of incompetency, political intrigue and moral indigency known as the New York Custom House. 2015 Metaphilosophy 46 373 Love of desire pointed to the indigency in human nature, to the need to have one's love requited. 2. a. Poverty; esp. extreme poverty in which one lacks the means to support or provide for oneself; destitution. Cf. indigence n. 1a(a).Cf. the specific sense at 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] waedlec888 wanspeedc893 wanea1100 wandrethc1175 miseasea1200 povertya1225 lowness?c1225 needc1225 orcostc1225 poorness?a1300 unwealtha1300 defaultc1300 porailc1325 straitnessa1340 poorhead1340 mischiefa1375 miseasetya1382 needinessa1382 misterc1385 indigencec1386 scarcitya1387 noughtc1400 scantnessc1400 necessity?1406 penurya1425 povertnessa1434 exilitya1439 wantc1450 scarcenessc1475 needinga1500 povertiesa1500 penurity?a1505 poortith?a1513 debility1525 tenuity1535 leanness1550 lack1555 Needham1577 inopy1581 pinching1587 dispurveyance1590 egency1600 macritude1623 penuriousness1630 indigency1631 needihood1648 necessitousness1650 egestuosity1656 straitened circumstancesa1766 unopulence1796 Queer Street1811 lowliness1834 breadlessness1860 unwealthiness1886 out-of-elbowness1890 secondary poverty1901 Short Street1920 1571 E. Grant tr. Plutarch President for Parentes sig. F.i^v These my preceptes of education might be conducible and profitable to all in generall: but if there be any hindred through pouertie, and oppressed with penurie and indigencie..let them bewaile and deplore their owne misfortune. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 183 Where there is indigency, there is sollicitude, and distraction, and uneasiness, and fear. 1742 Young City Merchant, turn'd Spittle-fields Poulterer 4 Such a Speech from a Man of your Wealth, in this Part of the Town, is only insulting our Indigency. 1864 Sci. Amer. 17 Dec. 387/2 Nothing can be more surprising to the American people than the extreme indigency and physical degeneracy of the British working-people. 1924 Glasgow Herald 7 Feb. 7 Unemployment and indigency..existed on a scale that was entirely disproportionate to the size of the white population. 2013 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 2 Feb. 11 He rose from abject indigency to being a top executive in a leading banking institution. b. spec. (chiefly U.S.). Financial hardship of a level which (in some contexts and jurisdictions) makes one eligible to receive official assistance or support, free or discounted medical care, legal representation, etc. Frequently in affidavit of indigency, certificate of indigency, etc. Cf. indigence n. 1a(b).See also medical indigency n. ΚΠ 1776 J. S. Hobart Let. 7 Oct. in P. Force Amer. Arch. 5th Ser. (1851) II. 934 Certificates of indigency from the Chairman of Committees being necessary to entitle to maintenance, such cannot be had. 1865 R. Lytton Let. in Rep. Secretaries of Embassy & Legation on Manufactures, Commerce 226 in Accts. & Papers (House of Commons) LIV. The rights and privileges of a member of a Commune..consist of the right of free domicile, parish assistance in case of proved indigency, [etc.]. 1880 Biennial Rep. Dept. & Benevolent Inst. State of Mississippi 1878, 1879 13 To the very poor, clothing is also supplied. In order to secure the benefit of clothing, the parents or guardian of a pupil must make an affidavit of indigency before the Chancery Clerk of the county. 1948 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 2 Dec. 889/2 No test for indigency will be carried out. A statement from the patient's physician to the effect that treatment would be a financial hardship..is expected to suffice. 2006 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 27 Dec. (Final ed.) (Metro section) 4 [He] tried to get the courts to pay for them [sc. trial transcripts] by claiming indigency, even though he had given his sister thousands of dollars. †3. In plural. Wants, needs. Cf. indigence n. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > instance or time of need needOE needinga1400 indigencec1416 pinch1489 indigency1651 1625 R. Winterton tr. J. Gerhard Gerards Prayers iv. Argt. 144 The Meditation of our neighbours wants and indigencies, concernes the common good and welfare of the Church, and Common-wealth. 1651 J. Rocket Christian Subj. (1658) vii. 90 Ready to supply their indigencies, to pardon their infirmities. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. x. i. 459 All which various Methods being so nicely accommodated to the Indigencies of those helpless Vegetables. 1845 J. Hunter New Illustr. Life, Stud., & Writings Shakespeare I. 251 With warmth we associate ideas of comfort and protection, while cold is associated with the sufferings and indigencies of life. 1910 Aberdeen Daily Jrnl. 2 Dec. (2nd ed.) 6/4 It was asserted that it was not safe to make over the estates of the people in trust to men who had none of their own, lest their domestic indigencies in conjunction with a foreign temptation should warp them to a contrary interest. †4. Lack or absence of something necessary or desirable; an instance of this. Cf. indigence n. 2b. Obsolete.In later use perhaps a figurative use of sense 2a. ΚΠ 1636 J. Trussell Contin. Coll. Hist. Eng. 201 The paucitie of Ploughmen and husbandmen, the want of farmers, and the indigency of Cattell wherewith to stocke their farmes. 1714 J. Fortescue-Aland in J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. Pref. 12 In the Infancy of the State and Indigency of Laws. 1799 E. Du Bois Piece Family Biogr. II. viii. 144 That too numerous species of authors who are constrained to have recourse to a pomposity of diction as a substitute for an indigency of matter. 1863 Standard 19 June 6/3 I was almost in the midst of a very select circle of good scholars, men who would be keenly alive to the indigency of style, or indeed any blemish in an oration. Compounds As a modifier, with the sense ‘of or relating to indigency’ (esp. in sense 2b), as in indigency certificate, indigency hearing, indigency status, etc. ΚΠ 1898 National Bankruptcy News 15 Dec. 20/2 In but one case [sc. of voluntary bankruptcy] has the indigency affidavit been made. 1900 Santa Fe New Mexican 7 Mar. An indigency certificate was presented for Eduardo Lobato, a deaf mute.., so as to admit him to the deaf and dumb asylum without charge for board and tuition. 1906 Edinb. Evening News 6 Sept. 6/5 The Government has appointed an Indigency Commission to inquire into the distress in the Transvaal. 1945 Commonw. Austral.: House of Representatives Hansard 19 Sept. 5593 How can the honorable member say that the social service benefits are not charity when the Government imposes an indigency test? 1970 A. K. Daniels et al. Academics on Line 226 Students were told by the court to sell their cars, borrow money, [etc.]. But if they did so, they would relinquish their claims to indigency status and their rights to the services of the public defender. 2019 Daily Oklahoman (Nexis) 22 June Those who still can't pay will be offered an indigency hearing where costs could be excused. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.1546
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