mendicityn.

Brit.

/mɛnˈdɪsᵻti/, U.S.

/mɛnˈdɪsᵻdi/

Forms: late Middle English mendicite, late Middle English mendycyte, 1500s mendycite, 1500s mendycitie, 1600s mendicitie, 1700s– mendicity.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mendicité.

Etymology: < Middle French mendicité (14th cent.; c1270 in Old French as mendicitez (in the text translated in quot. a1425¹ at sense 1), replacing earlier mendistiet (c1100)) < classical Latin mendīcitās < mendīcus (see mendicant n. and adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Italian mendicita (late 13th cent. as mendicitade, 13th or 14th cent. as mendichita), Portuguese mendicidade (16th cent.), Spanish mendicidad (1734 or earlier).

Now chiefly historical.

1. The state or condition of a mendicant or beggar; mendicancy, beggary. Also: the existence or prevalence of mendicants.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun]

beggary1377

beggingnessa1382

mendicitya1425

mendiencea1425

beggar-staff?1506

beggarty?a1513

beggarliness1542

beggar's-havenc1555

beggar's-bush1592

beggarism1636

mendicancy1711

beggarhood1843

thig1898

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6525 For richesse and mendicitees Ben clepid two extremytees.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6534 God, thou me kepe, for thi pouste, Fro richesse and mendicite.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 299 (MED) Pouert..is nat disamaied..Thouh she be cast in mendicite.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xviii. 68 Pigmalion, my cruelle brother,..shalle comme take my cyte, and put alle to destructyon, and brynge me to mendycyte.

?a1562 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions in Life Wolsey (1825) II. 9 Ambysion had puffed up my hart With vainglory, honor, and usurped dignytie, Forgettyng cleane my naturall mendycitie.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mendicité, mendicitie, beggarie, beggarlinesse.

1804 D. Humphreys Misc. Wks. 94 In the last stages of infirmity and decrepitude, distress and mendicity will seldom, if ever, be seen.

1815 (title) Minutes of the evidence taken before the committee appointed by the House of Commons, to inquire into the state of mendicity and vagrancy in the metropolis.

1864 W. H. Ainsworth John Law III. vi. i. 54 During the reign of Louis XIV., mendicity had existed to a frightful extent.

1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 1455/1 The ineffectual efforts of the authorities to cope with the problems of vagrancy and mendicity after the Napoleonic wars.

2. The practice or habit of begging. Also in extended use. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging

thigging1331

cravingc1430

rogation?1536

progging1579

skeldering1600

begging1606

beggary1608

maunding1608

maund1610

gooding1646

mendication1646

mumping1685

mendicity1756

cadge1819

cadging1859

mumpery1894

plinging1910

yegging1913

panhandling1931

aggressive panhandling1981

1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 254 That they should commit intellectual mendicity in buffoonesk terms.

1801 13th Rep. Soc. for Poor 22 (note) Some workhouses are rather seminaries of mendicity, than preservatives against it.

1884 American 8 105 With a view to the regular exercise of mendicity, pillage and murder.

1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music 37 Mendicity was a popular profession in those days and the competition was fierce. An army of amputees, lepers, pinheads, paralytics, gibberers, slaverers, and whiners lined the streets shoulder to shoulder.

Compounds

General attributive. Chiefly with reference to organizations established in the 19th cent. for the alleviation or suppression of begging.

ΚΠ

1803 M. Martin Let. Mendicity in Metropolis Table (heading) Summary of 2000 cases of paupers, examined at the Mendicity Enquiry Office.

1819 1st Rep. Soc. Suppression of Mendicity 27 The Mendicity Societies at Bath, Edinburgh, Oxford, and Dublin.

1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. III. 329 Mr. Harding was a subscriber to the Mendicity Society, an institution which proposes to check beggary by the novel method of giving nothing to the poor.

1884 Cent. Mag. 29 163 To set up a library, a ‘mendicity institution’, or a bank.

1964 D. Owen Eng. Philanthropy (1965) ii. iv. 109 Evidence collected by the Mendicity Committee in 1815–16 pictures mendicancy..as a highly organized business.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mendicity
释义	mendicityn. Brit. /mɛnˈdɪsᵻti/, U.S. /mɛnˈdɪsᵻdi/ Forms: late Middle English mendicite, late Middle English mendycyte, 1500s mendycite, 1500s mendycitie, 1600s mendicitie, 1700s– mendicity. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mendicité. Etymology: < Middle French mendicité (14th cent.; c1270 in Old French as mendicitez (in the text translated in quot. a1425¹ at sense 1), replacing earlier mendistiet (c1100)) < classical Latin mendīcitās < mendīcus (see mendicant n. and adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Italian mendicita (late 13th cent. as mendicitade, 13th or 14th cent. as mendichita), Portuguese mendicidade (16th cent.), Spanish mendicidad (1734 or earlier). Now chiefly historical. 1. The state or condition of a mendicant or beggar; mendicancy, beggary. Also: the existence or prevalence of mendicants. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] beggary1377 beggingnessa1382 mendicitya1425 mendiencea1425 beggar-staff?1506 beggarty?a1513 beggarliness1542 beggar's-havenc1555 beggar's-bush1592 beggarism1636 mendicancy1711 beggarhood1843 thig1898 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6525 For richesse and mendicitees Ben clepid two extremytees. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6534 God, thou me kepe, for thi pouste, Fro richesse and mendicite. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. 299 (MED) Pouert..is nat disamaied..Thouh she be cast in mendicite. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xviii. 68 Pigmalion, my cruelle brother,..shalle comme take my cyte, and put alle to destructyon, and brynge me to mendycyte. ?a1562 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions in Life Wolsey (1825) II. 9 Ambysion had puffed up my hart With vainglory, honor, and usurped dignytie, Forgettyng cleane my naturall mendycitie. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mendicité, mendicitie, beggarie, beggarlinesse. 1804 D. Humphreys Misc. Wks. 94 In the last stages of infirmity and decrepitude, distress and mendicity will seldom, if ever, be seen. 1815 (title) Minutes of the evidence taken before the committee appointed by the House of Commons, to inquire into the state of mendicity and vagrancy in the metropolis. 1864 W. H. Ainsworth John Law III. vi. i. 54 During the reign of Louis XIV., mendicity had existed to a frightful extent. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 1455/1 The ineffectual efforts of the authorities to cope with the problems of vagrancy and mendicity after the Napoleonic wars. 2. The practice or habit of begging. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > begging thigging1331 cravingc1430 rogation?1536 progging1579 skeldering1600 begging1606 beggary1608 maunding1608 maund1610 gooding1646 mendication1646 mumping1685 mendicity1756 cadge1819 cadging1859 mumpery1894 plinging1910 yegging1913 panhandling1931 aggressive panhandling1981 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 254 That they should commit intellectual mendicity in buffoonesk terms. 1801 13th Rep. Soc. for Poor 22 (note) Some workhouses are rather seminaries of mendicity, than preservatives against it. 1884 American 8 105 With a view to the regular exercise of mendicity, pillage and murder. 1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music 37 Mendicity was a popular profession in those days and the competition was fierce. An army of amputees, lepers, pinheads, paralytics, gibberers, slaverers, and whiners lined the streets shoulder to shoulder. Compounds General attributive. Chiefly with reference to organizations established in the 19th cent. for the alleviation or suppression of begging. ΚΠ 1803 M. Martin Let. Mendicity in Metropolis Table (heading) Summary of 2000 cases of paupers, examined at the Mendicity Enquiry Office. 1819 1st Rep. Soc. Suppression of Mendicity 27 The Mendicity Societies at Bath, Edinburgh, Oxford, and Dublin. 1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. III. 329 Mr. Harding was a subscriber to the Mendicity Society, an institution which proposes to check beggary by the novel method of giving nothing to the poor. 1884 Cent. Mag. 29 163 To set up a library, a ‘mendicity institution’, or a bank. 1964 D. Owen Eng. Philanthropy (1965) ii. iv. 109 Evidence collected by the Mendicity Committee in 1815–16 pictures mendicancy..as a highly organized business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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