mendicity

[men-dis-i-tee]

men·dic·i·ty

[men-dis-i-tee]

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English mendicite < Latin mendīcitās beggary, equivalent to mendīc(us) needy, beggarly + -itās -ity

mendacity, mendicity.
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Mendicity is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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mendicant (ˈmɛndɪkənt)
 
adj
1.  begging
2.  (of a member of a religious order) dependent on alms for sustenance: mendicant friars
3.  characteristic of a beggar
 
n
4.  a mendicant friar
5.  a less common word for beggar
 
[C16: from Latin mendīcāre to beg, from mendīcus beggar, from mendus flaw]
 
'mendicancy
 
n
 
mendicity
 
n

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