beggary

English

Etymology

From beggar.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɛɡəri/

Noun

beggary (plural beggaries)

1. The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.
   • 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XII, page 150:

     The matter to be decided involved, in addition to the personal risks of life and liberty, the probable forfeiture of an immense estate, and the beggary, in consequence, of an only and beloved daughter.

2. The fact or action of begging.

Translations

The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty

• Bulgarian: , нищета (bg) (ništeta)

The fact or action of begging

• Bulgarian: просия (bg) (prosija)

Adjective

beggary (comparative more beggary, superlative most beggary)

1. (obsolete) beggarly

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)