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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-551/
- Published: 2021-08-02T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-13T20:31:32.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

The word for today is…

indigent (adjective) –

1 : suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished  
2a *archaic* : deficient  
 b *archaic* : totally lacking in something specified

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indigent?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : First known use in the 15th century. Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin. Indigent-, indigens, present participle of indigere to need, from Old Latin indu + Latin egere to need; perhaps akin to Old High German echerode poor

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