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单词 begging
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beggingn.

/ˈbɛɡɪŋ/
Etymology: < beg v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action or habit of asking earnestly; spec. of asking alms.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > beseeching or importuning
beseechinga1350
suit1372
beggingc1380
pursuita1393
supplicationa1393
cravingc1430
entreating1525
solicitation1533
entreatance1548
precation1548
suiting1560
soliciting1570
imploration1575
importuning1582
implore1590
suing1591
treating1595
exoration1610
implorement1611
imploring1611
suppliance?1611
importunement1665
solicitancy1665
beseechmenta1680
instancing1736
suppliancy1812
beg1814
clamouring1884
opportuning1972
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
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 128 Summe by bygging and some by ȝifte.
c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) xii. 30 For beggynge wytoute forthe, bote þere be a meke herte wyt in forthe, is lytyll werth as to perfeccioune.
1606 Returne from Pernassus iv. ii. sig. G There is a statute come out against begging.
1706 tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 16th Cent. II. iv. xviii. 267 Those pressing and indecent Beggings of Alms.
1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 198 To no kind of begging are people so averse, as to begging pardon: that is, when there is any serious ground for doing so.
2. to go (or have been) a begging:
a. to go about begging. (Cf. begged adv.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg or be beggar [verb (intransitive)]
thigc1300
begc1384
crave1393
to go a-begged1393
prowl1530
to go (or have been) a begging1535
maund?1536
to bear the wallet1546
cant1567
prog1579
to turn to bag and wallet1582
skelder1602
maunder1611
strike1618
emendicate1623
mendicate1623
to go a-gooding1646
mump1685
shool1736
cadge1819
to stand pad1841
stag1860
bum1870
schnorr1875
panhandle1894
pling1915
stem1924
nickel-and-dime1942
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xx. A Therfore shal he go abegginge..and haue nothinge.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 53 Where they have beene a begging for it.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 221 I dared not go a-begging of those that knew me.
b. figurative (said of situations, offices, in need of men to fill them; things offered for sale and finding no purchaser; and the like.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > non-possession > fact of not being possessed or owned > be without owner or occupier [verb (intransitive)]
to go (or have been) a begginga1593
society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > not sell > remain unsold
to lie on one's hands1548
to go (or have been) a begginga1593
stick1729
a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 218 Sin might go a-begging for want of service.
1597 J. Howson Serm. 24 Dec. 34 Benefices went a begging as Ministers doe nowe.
1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. iii. i. 117 Land almost went a-begging.
1878 H. Smart Play or Pay viii. 160 I'll not believe a good horse goes begging in the Coverly country.
3. begging of the question: a taking for granted of the thing to be proved.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > begging the question
petitio principii1531
begging of the question1579
petition of principle1579
craving of the principle1587
beggarya1603
precariousness1666
petitio1894
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 153 Alas, this is such a poore begginge of that in question.
1644 C. Jessop Angel Church of Ephesus 19 An usuall fallacie, a shamefull begging of the question.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. iv. 87 Reasonings of this description..are but so many beggings of the question.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as begging-bowl, begging-box, begging-expedition, begging-letter, begging-letter-writer.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar's box
begging-box1651
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > begging-letter writer
begging-letter-writer1846
high-flyer1851
screever1851
society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > begging letter
scrieve1581
begging-letter1849
slum1851
the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > one who requests or petitions > letter or document
bill1377
petition1414
supplicationc1419
subligationc1600
fire briefa1643
begging-letter1849
slum1851
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar's bowl
maple dish1637
begging-bowl1895
1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum ii. 3 The Author..rid upon a long stick, or in begging shooes, as he did when he was a Friar.
1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 32 I must be fain to take up their Questions in a cleft-Cane, or a Begging-box, as they do Charity in Prisons.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 316 They..entered the Krames, and passed the begging-box.
1846 Times 12 Feb. 6/6 (heading) Begging-letter writers.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. xiv. 299 He sent out begging-letters far and wide.
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xii. 117 He was a begging-letter writer.
1867 Times 7 Oct. The Begging Letter Writer has talents which it is impossible not to admire.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. App. 545 This was not the last begging expedition of Gervinus to our shore.
1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. i. 4 My desk is full of begging letters.
1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 35 Let the begging-bowl be placed outside the shrine.
C2.
begging Thursday n. Obsolete ? Maundy Thursday.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Week > [noun] > Thursday in
Sheer Thursdayc1200
Maundy Thursday1440
Skire Thursday?c1450
Cene Thursday1483
Skere Thursday1498
Our Lord's Supper Daya1500
Maudlin Thursday1517
Shrove Thursday1518
begging Thursday1546
mandate Thursday1546
Holy Thursday1590
1546 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 250 Tomorrow begging Thursday, I must of force ride to Tankerslay.
begging-wise adv. by way of begging, in begging fashion.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > [adverb]
suppliantly1565
beggingly1598
petitionarily1604
askingly1611
supplicantly1629
supplicatorilya1631
eucticallya1638
begging-wise1645
precariously1646
earn1656
entreatingly1661
suppliant-like1670
supplicatingly1799
imploringly1810
beseechingly1830
pleadingly1838
appealingly1847
beggarly1850
precatively1869
1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) 87 All that faith hath, is by way of receiving and begging-wise.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

beggingadj.

/ˈbɛɡɪŋ/
Etymology: < beg v. + -ing suffix2.
That begs, mendicant; spec. in begging friar.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [adjective] > begging
thigginga1300
begging1583
skeldering1602
maundering1615
maunding?1629
mendicanting1630
mumping1709
panhandling1884
on the tap1932
1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. D.iiv Forced to goe up and downe in the streetes..like a begging Frier.
1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 198 A ciuile begging sect.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 658 With the begging kind Shame suits but ill.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 80 An order of begging friars.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.c1380adj.1583
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