BEGGARY

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

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Etymology

Noun

beggary (countable and uncountable, plural beggaries)

The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.

The fact or action of begging.

Beggarly appearance.

Adjective

beggary (comparative more beggary, superlative most beggary)

(obsolete) beggarly

When Ladies love, and cannot shew their Powers.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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