| 单词 | indigent |
| 释义 | indigent —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 indigent. [1350-1400; ME < L indigent- (s. of indigens) prp. of indigere to need, lack, be poor, equiv. to ind- by-form of in- IN-2 (cf. INDAGATE) + -ig- (comb. form of egere to need, lack) + -ent- -ENT] Syn. 1. necessitous, penurious, distressed. |
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