Indigent
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- adj. 贫穷的, 贫困的
- ［记］ indi ( 内部) ＋gent ( =egent缺乏) -> 内部缺乏, 贫困的, 分割记忆: in ( 没有) +dig ( 挖) +ent, 挖不出东西 -> 贫困的
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin indigent-, indigens, present participle of indigēre to need, from Old Latin indu + Latin egēre to need; perhaps akin to Old High German echerode poor
- Date: 15th century
- 1. suffering from indigence ; impoverished
- 2.
- a. archaic deficient
- b. archaic totally lacking in something specified
- ? indigent noun
