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