"beggingness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From begging + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|begging|ness}} begging + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} beggingness (uncountable)
  1. The state or quality of being begging. Tags: uncountable
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          "ref": "1845, “The Lawfulness of Begging Maintained by Friars”, in Robert Vaughan, editor, Tracts and treatises of John de Wycliffe, D.D. : with selections and translations from his manuscripts, and Latin works, Blackburn and Pardon, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Also the Holy Ghost taught Solomon to pray these two things of God: God make vanity and leasing words far from me, and give not to me begging or beggingness; but give only things that beene needfull for my livelode; […]",
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          "text": "But for appreciation of the sheer question beggingness of Moore's arguments, there is no substitute for reading \"External and Internal Relations\" and \"The Refutation of Idealism\" themselves.",
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          "ref": "2007 March 14, Michael Ventolo, “NHL MOTW: Week of 03/07/2007!”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.nj-devils (Usenet), retrieved 2018-11-21:",
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