mendicant

English

WOTD – 10 July 2008

Etymology

From Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/
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Adjective

mendicant (not comparable)

  1. Depending on alms for a living.
  2. Of or pertaining to a beggar.
  3. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.

Translations

Noun

mendicant (plural mendicants)

  1. A pauper who lives by begging.
  2. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.

Translations

Latin

Verb

mendīcant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of mendīcō
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