"beggary" meaning in English

See beggary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɛɡəɹi/ Forms: more beggary [comparative], most beggary [superlative]
Etymology: From beggar + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|beggar|-y}} beggar + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} beggary (comparative more beggary, superlative most beggary)
  1. (obsolete) beggarly Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-beggary-en-adj-WWtOBU8O

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛɡəɹi/ Forms: beggaries [plural]
Etymology: From beggar + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|beggar|-y}} beggar + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} beggary (countable and uncountable, plural beggaries)
  1. The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty): нищета (ništeta) (Bulgarian), mendicidade [feminine] (Galician), accattonaggio [masculine] (Italian), elemosina [feminine] (Italian), pitoccheria [feminine, uncommon] (Italian), ufukara (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-beggary-en-noun-q4PsGiiA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 71 16 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 5 76 14 4 Disambiguation of 'The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty': 98 1 1
  2. The fact or action of begging. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The fact or action of begging): просия (prosija) (Bulgarian), bedelarij [common-gender] (Dutch), kerjääminen (Finnish), pedicha [feminine] (Galician), mendicidade [feminine] (Galician), ζητιανιά (zitianiá) [feminine] (Greek), bacachas [masculine] (Irish), żebractwo [neuter] (Polish), żebranie [neuter] (Polish), żebranina [feminine] (Polish), żebry [feminine, plural] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-beggary-en-noun-CAyhAie0 Disambiguation of 'The fact or action of begging': 2 97 1
  3. Beggarly appearance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-beggary-en-noun-s8F5ZExy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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