mendicant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/    美 /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pauper who lives by begging.
    — I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one.
  2. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.
形容词 adj.
  1. Depending on alms for a living. not-comparable
  2. Of or pertaining to a beggar. not-comparable
  3. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living. not-comparable

词形变化

mendicants plural

词汇关系

衍生词
mendicancy mendicant order

词源

词源 1
From Middle English mendicant, from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.
词源 2
From Middle English mendicant, from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.
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