beggary
/ˈbɛɡəɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Happily some haplesse man hath conscience, And for his conscience lives in beggary."
- "Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary."
- "1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son and T. Cadell, Volume I, Book I, Chapter 9, p. 128, […] she does not come hither as a beggar, however well the state of beggary may accord with her poverty: she only sollicits the payment of a bill […]"
- "The matter to be decided involved, in addition to the personal risks of life and liberty, the probable forfeiture of an immense estate, and the beggary, in consequence, of an only and beloved daughter."
- "There was, clearly, no future for him but beggary and a death in the workhouse."
- "[…] 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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English beggar Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English beggary From beggar + -y.