indigent
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
indigent /ˈɪndɪdʒ(ə)nt/
▶adjective poor; needy. ▶noun a needy person.
– derivatives
indigence noun.
indigence noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from late L. indigent-, indigere ‘to lack’.
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