mendicancy

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmɛndɪkənsi/ UK /ˈmɛndɪkənsi/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the practice or condition of begging; living as a beggar

Vagrancy laws once made mendicancy a punishable offense.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the practice or condition... begging beggary mendicity pauperism destitutionpanhandling

Opposites

affluence wealth

Word family

Related forms mendicant mendicity

Etymology

From mendicant (from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcāre 'to beg', from mendīcus 'beggar, needy') + -cy.

mendīcāre Latin mendīcus Latin

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# mendicancy

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈmɛndɪkənsi
**IPA (UK):** ˈmɛndɪkənsi

## Meanings
1. the practice or condition of begging; living as a beggar

## Examples
- Vagrancy laws once made mendicancy a punishable offense.

## Synonyms
- begging
- beggary
- mendicity
- pauperism
- destitution
- panhandling

## Antonyms
- affluence
- wealth

## Related Forms
- mendicant
- mendicity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mendīcāre
- Root: mendīcus

## Etymology
From mendicant (from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcāre 'to beg', from mendīcus 'beggar, needy') + -cy.

## AI Etymology
Mendicancy comes from mendicant (from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcāre 'to beg', from mendīcus 'beggar, needy') + -cy. The etymological trail includes Latin mendīcāre, Latin mendīcus. The same word family includes mendicant, mendicity. Its current noun use means "the practice or condition of begging; living as a beggar".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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