Definitions
poor enough to need help from others
Word origin
From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”).
Used in a sentence
“Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […]”
“And were I not a thing for you and me To execrate in anguish, you would be As indigent a stranger to surprise, I fear, as I was once, and as unwise.”
“I had since my introduction to the prince been sensitive to the fact that he must think an obviously indigent soldier of fortune will sooner or later open the subject of a subscription to the Greek Cause.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Needy”8 letters
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