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Word: Mendicant
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin mendicant- ‘begging’, from the verb mendicare, from mendicus ‘beggar’, from mendum ‘fault’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛndɪk(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
given to begging.
Short Definition:given to begging
Word: Mendicant
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛndɪk(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a beggar.
Short Definition:beggar
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