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单词 mendicatory
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mendicatoryadj.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mendicatorius.
Etymology: Probably < post-classical Latin mendicatorius (15th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin mendīcāt- , past participial stem of mendīcāre to beg (see mendicate v.) + -ōrius -ory suffix2.
Obsolete. rare.
Begging; beggarly.
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the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [adjective]
beggarish1530
beggary1542
beggarly1545
mendicant1609
briviatic1622
mendicatory1661
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) ii. liv. 297 Mendicatory or fishing Gifts..the generous have ever disdained.
1839 J. H. Frere tr. Aristophanes Birds (1840) 50 Enter a Poet, very ragged and shabby with a very mellifluous submissive mendicatory demeanour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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