As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
beggary, begging, mendicancy
(noun) a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
beggary, mendicancy, mendicity
(noun) the state of being a beggar or mendicant; “they were reduced to mendicancy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
beggary (countable and uncountable, plural beggaries)
The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.
The fact or action of begging.
Beggarly appearance.
beggary (comparative more beggary, superlative most beggary)
(obsolete) beggarly
When Ladies love, and cannot shew their Powers.
Source: Wiktionary
Beg"gar*y, n. Etym: [OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n.]
1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
2. Beggarly appearance. [R.] The freedom and the beggary of the old studio. Thackeray.
Syn.
– Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.
Beg"gar*y, a.
Definition: Beggarly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 March 2024
(adjective) tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; “a counselor tries not to be faultfinding”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.