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beggarhood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
beg-gar-hood
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition or state of being a beggar.

Uncountable

noun

Collectively, beggars.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English *beggarhode, beggarhede, equivalent to beggar + -hood.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

beggarhoods (plural)

Questions

What does beggarhood mean?
The condition or state of being a beggar.
Where does beggarhood come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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