supplicant

English

Etymology

Latin supplicans, "supplicating, bowing down" from supplico "kneel, bow down, request", from sub- "lower" + plico "fold".

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌplɪkənt/
Hyphenation: sup‧pli‧cant

Adjective

supplicant (comparative more supplicant, superlative most supplicant)

begging, pleading, supplicating

Translations

supplicating

Finnish: anova (fi)
Portuguese: suplicante (pt)

Spanish: suplicante

Noun

supplicant (plural supplicants)

one who comes to humbly ask or petition

Related terms

Latin

Verb

supplicant

third-person plural present active indicative of supplicō

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