indigence
pronunciation
How to pronounce indigence in British English:
UK ['ɪndɪdʒəns]
How to pronounce indigence in American English:
US [ˈɪndɪdʒəns]
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- Noun:
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Word Origin
- indigence (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French indigence "indigence, need, privation" (13c.), from Latin indigentia "need, want; insatiable desire," from indigentem (nominative indigens), present participle of indigere "to need," from indu "in, within" + egere "be in need, want," from PIE *eg- "to lack" (cognates: Old Norse ekla "want, lack," Old High German eccherode "thin, weak").
Example
- 1. North korea 's indigence is almost as scary as its belligerence .
- 2. Guilty of indigence : an orphan 's life in republican beijing .
- 3. The other side of material wealth is spirit indigence .
- 4. Dickens contrasts the opulence of france 's nobility with the indigence of her peasants .
- 5. Dickens contrasts the opulence of france 's nobility with indigence of her peasants .