Mendicant



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 行乞的; n.乞丐
• ［英］ n.乞丐 ( beggar)
• ［记］ mend ( 修补) +icant -> 需要修补的人 -> 乞丐

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin mendicant-, mendicans, present participle of mendicare to beg, from mendicus beggar — more at amend
• Date: 14th century
• 1. beggar 1
• 2. often capitalized a member of a religious order (as the Franciscans) combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property ; friar
• ? mendicant adjective

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