Mendicity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the state of being a beggar or mendicant wordnet

Synonyms

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beggarybeggingmendicancymendicancymiserymoneylessness

Etymology

From Old French mendicité, from Latin mendicitas.

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