| 释义 |
ˈbeggarism
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
Practice characteristic of a beggar; professional beggary; beggarliness; extreme poverty.
1636R. James Iter Lanc. (1845) Introd. 85 He must leave his humility and the beggarism of a set speech. 1818Lyell Life, etc. I. iv. 106 A man who rose..from beggarism to enormous affluence. 1865Times 4 Feb. 5/4 A good many instances of this sturdy beggarism. |