mendicant

Word family adjectivemendicantnounmendicancy

men·di·cant /ˈmendəkənt/ noun [countableC] formal

RRPOORsomeone who asks people for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons 〔通常因宗教原因〕行乞的人

—mendicant adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

mendicant• The rich man who deludes himself into behaving like a mendicant may conserve his fortune although he will not be very happy.

Origin mendicant

(1300-1400) Latin present participle of mendicare “to beg”, from mendicus “beggar”

单词	mendicant
释义	mendicant Word family adjectivemendicantnounmendicancy men·di·cant /ˈmendəkənt/ noun [countableC] formal RRPOORsomeone who asks people for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons 〔通常因宗教原因〕行乞的人 —mendicant adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus mendicant• The rich man who deludes himself into behaving like a mendicant may conserve his fortune although he will not be very happy. Origin mendicant (1300-1400) Latin present participle of mendicare “to beg”, from mendicus “beggar”
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