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mendicant

English

Etymology

From Latin mend?c?ns, present participle of mend?c? (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?m?n.d?.k?nt/

Adjective

mendicant (not comparable)

  1. Depending on alms for a living.
  2. Of or pertaining to a beggar.
  3. Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.

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Translations

Noun

mendicant (plural mendicants)

  1. A pauper who lives by begging.
  2. A religious friar, forbidden to own personal property, who begs for a living.

Translations

Related terms

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Latin

Verb

mend?cant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of mend?c?

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sponger

English

Etymology

sponge +? -er

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?sp?nd??/

Noun

sponger (plural spongers)

  1. One who uses a sponge.
  2. A parasitic hanger-on.
  3. A person or vessel employed in gathering sponges from the sea.
  4. A device for sponging cloth by means of a perforated adjustable cylinder.

Synonyms

  • (parasitic hanger-on): moocher; See also Thesaurus:scrounger

Translations

Anagrams

  • pongers, presong

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