Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indigent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indigent \In"di*gent\, a. [L. indigent, L. indigens, p. p. of
indigere to stand in need of, fr. OL. indu (fr. in- in) + L.
egere to be needy, to need.]
1. Wanting; void; free; destitute; -- used with of. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
2. Destitute of property or means of comfortable subsistence;
needy; poor; in want; necessitous.
Indigent faint souls past corporal toil. --Shak.
Charity consists in relieving the indigent.
--Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indigent
adj : poor enough to need help from others [syn: {destitute}, {impoverished},
{necessitous}, {needy}, {poverty-stricken}]
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