supplicant

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supplicant

/ˈsʌplɪkənt/ US

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From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).

adjective more supplicant · most supplicant

begging, pleading, supplicating

noun supplicants

one who comes to humbly ask or petition It recalled all the vivid hopes and beliefs of her childhood, when she was wont to kneel before some lovely image, till the face seemed to smile encouragement, and the little supplicant felt as if beneath a mother's eye.
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@misc{supplicant_2026,
  title = {supplicant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supplicant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}