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egency

egency noun: need; neediness; poverty.

Noun

egency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) need; neediness; poverty.

Forms of egency

alternative formegence

Origin of egency

From Latin egentia from egere (“to need, to be in need”).

Questions about egency

What does egency mean?
Egency means need; neediness; poverty.
What part of speech is egency?
Egency is a noun.

Words near egency in the dictionary

  1. Egean
  2. Egeland
  3. egelid
  4. egence
  5. egences
  6. egency
  7. eger
  8. Egeria
  9. Egerian
  10. egerminate
  11. egerminated

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