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indigent [ˈɪndɪdʒənt] adj 1. so poor as to lack even necessities; very needy 2. (usually foll by of) Archaic lacking (in) or destitute (of) n
an impoverished person [from Latin indigēre to need, from egēre to lack] indigence n indigently adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
indigent adjective (Formal) destitute, poor, impoverished, needy, penniless, poverty-stricken, down and out, in want, down at heel (informal), impecunious, dirt-poor, straitened, on the breadline, short, flat broke (informal), penurious, necessitous How can we persuade indigent peasants to stop slaughtering wildlife? rich, wealthy, prosperous, affluent, well-off, well-to-do How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She may probably have already told you that being left by her Parents in indigent Circumstances she had retired into Wales on eoconomical motives. Moreover, as an oligarchy is said to be a government of men of family, fortune, and education; so, on the contrary, a democracy is a government in the hands of men of no birth, indigent circumstances, and mechanical employments. But all here were free from such impertinence, not only those whose company is in all other places esteemed a favour from their equality of fortune, but even those whose indigent circumstances make such an eleemosynary abode convenient to them, and who are therefore less welcome to a great man's table because they stand in need of it. |
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