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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•di•gent /ˈɪndɪdʒənt/USA pronunciation adj. - needy;
poor;
impoverished.
n. the indigent [plural* used with a plural verb] - people who are indigent:a desire to do something for the indigent.
in•di•gent•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•di•gent (in′di jənt),USA pronunciation adj. - lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty;
needy;
poor;
impoverished. - [Archaic.]
- deficient in what is requisite.
- destitute (usually fol. by of ).
n. - a person who is indigent.
- Latin indigent- (stem of indigēns) present participle of indigēre to need, lack, be poor, equivalent. to ind- by-form of in- in-2 (compare indagate) + -ig- (combining form of egēre to need, lack) + -ent- -ent
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged necessitous, penurious, distressed.
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