单词 | mendicatory |
释义 | † mendicatoryadj. Obsolete. rare. Begging; beggarly. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1661 |
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