MENDICITY


Meaning of MENDICITY in English

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

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