单词 | mendicant |
释义 | mendicant From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmendicantmen‧di‧cant /ˈmendəkənt/ noun [countable] formalRRPOORsomeone who asks people for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons —mendicant adjectiveExamples from the Corpusmendicant• The rich man who deludes himself into behaving like a mendicant may conserve his fortune although he will not be very happy.Origin mendicant (1300-1400) Latin present participle of mendicare “to beg”, from mendicus “beggar” |
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