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mendicity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
men-dic-i-ty
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old French mendicité, from Latin mendicitas.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mendicities (plural)

Synonyms

beggary mendicancy

Questions

What does mendicity mean?
the state of being a beggar; mendicancy or beggary
Where does mendicity come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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