BEGGARY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

Synonyms:

beggary; begging; mendicancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("beggary" is a kind of...):

solicitation (an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status)

Derivation:

beg (call upon in supplication; entreat)

beg (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently)

beg (ask to obtain free)

Meaning:

The state of being a beggar or mendicant

Example:

they were reduced to mendicancy

Synonyms:

beggary; mendicancy; mendicity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("beggary" is a kind of...):

indigence; need; pauperism; pauperization; penury (a state of extreme poverty or destitution)