mendicant
Meaningone in want; a beggar
Common meaning: living by begging
- mendica fault, flawLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1132 · scan
- antadjective ending: being
Journey through time
- Latinmendum, -ī‘a fault, flaw’
- Englishmendicant‘living by begging’ · today
mendic also in: amend
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin mendum ‘a fault, flaw’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry mendum, p. 1132 · dictionary scan
Roots
- mendum, -ī Latin “a fault, flaw”
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