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单词 mendicity
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
men•dic•i•ty  (men dis′i tē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. mendicancy.
  • Latin mendīcitās beggary, equivalent. to mendīc(us) needy, beggarly + -itās -ity
  • Middle English mendicite 1350–1400

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
men•di•cant /ˈmɛndɪkənt/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. one who lives by begging;
    beggar.
  2. Religiona member of a religious order who begs or lives on alms.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
men•di•cant  (men′di kənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. begging;
    practicing begging;
    living on alms.
  2. pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar.

n. 
  1. a person who lives by begging;
    beggar.
  2. Religiona member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms.
  • Latin mendīcant- (stem of mendīcāns), present participle of mendīcāre to beg, equivalent. to mendīc(us) beggarly, needy + -ant- -ant
  • late Middle English 1425–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mendicant /ˈmɛndɪkənt/ adj
  1. begging
  2. (of a member of a religious order) dependent on alms for sustenance
 n
  1. a mendicant friar
  2. a less common word for beggar
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin mendīcāre to beg, from mendīcus beggar, from mendus flaw

ˈmendicancy, mendicity /mɛnˈdɪsɪtɪ/ n
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