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Meaning of indigens | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
[ˈɪn.dɪ.ɡẽːs]

Definitions

  1. needing, wanting, requiring, desiring, lacking
    declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present
  2. needy, indigent
    declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present
  3. mean, as in unkind, or deficient
    Ecclesiastical, Latin, Medieval-Latin, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present

Equivalents

Examples

“quī dēspicit amīcum suum indigēns corde est vir autem prūdēns tacēbit”

He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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