beggary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty. countable,uncountable
    — Happily some haplesse man hath conscience, And for his conscience lives in beggary.
  2. The fact or action of begging. countable,uncountable
    — […] the landlady […] ushered them into a large garret where twenty or thirty people of all ages and both sexes lay and dozed away the day, choosing the evening and night for their trades of beggary, thieving, or prostitution.
  3. Beggarly appearance. countable,uncountable
    — […] she looked back to the freedom and the beggary of the old studio in Soho with so much regret, that everybody, herself included, fancied she was consumed with grief for her father.
形容词 adj.
  1. beggarly obsolete
    — beggary counterfeits

词形变化

beggaries plural more beggary comparative most beggary superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English beggar
Latin -ia
Old French -ieder.
Middle English -ie
Middle English -y
English -y
English beggary
From beggar + -y.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English beggar
Latin -ia
Old French -ieder.
Middle English -ie
Middle English -y
English -y
English beggary
From beggar + -y.
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