indigent
/ˈɪndɪd͡ʒənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Because of this, when my second major health fiasco happened, I had no insurance, so I went to a teaching hospital where they took indigent patients."
- "In numerous Supreme Court decisions since Gideon v. Wainwright, the states have been required to provide counsel for indigent defendants at virtually all other stages of the criminal process, beginning with arrest and concluding with the defendant's release from the system."
- "Again some Bodies dissolve both in Fire and Water, as Gums; &c. And these are such, as have both Plenty of Spirit; and their tangible Parts indigent of Moisture: the former promotes the Dilatation of the Spirits by the Fire and the latter stimulates the Parts to receive the Liquor."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₁eg-, indigent, indigēns