beggary
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beggary
- /ˈbɛɡəɹi/
noun beggaries
- The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty. Happily some haplesse man hath conscience, And for his conscience lives in beggary.
- The fact or action of begging. […] 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.
- Beggarly appearance. […] 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.
adjective more beggary · most beggary
- beggarly beggary counterfeits
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noun The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty
| Kiswahili | ufukara |
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| Italiano | accattonaggio, elemosina, pitoccheria |
noun The fact or action of begging
| Ελληνικά | ζητιανιά zitianiá |
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Talk about this word "beggary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beggary. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. beggary. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beggary "beggary." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beggary.
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@misc{beggary_2026,
title = {beggary},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beggary},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
