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men·dic·i·ty
\menˈdisəd.ē, -sətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English mendicite, from Middle French mendicité, from Latin mendicitat-, mendicitas, from mendicus indigent, beggar + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at amend
: the practice or habit of begging : the state or life of a beggar : mendicancy
< the vast increase in mendicity — E.A.Peers > |