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indigent

Pronunciation: /ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃/

“indigent” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. poor, needy, destitute
  2. vacuous

noun

  1. poor person, indigent

In French

  1. Qui est dans l’indigence, qui est très pauvre.
  2. Personne dans l’indigence; personne très pauvre.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”).

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