beggardom

American  

[beg-er-duhm] / ˈbɛg ər dəm /

noun

1. beggary.

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Etymology

Origin of beggardom

First recorded in 1880–85; beggar + -dom

Example Sentences

I cannot sufficiently deplore the progress of this spirit of beggardom, for it is acting and reacting in every direction all over the country.

From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James

It is a metropolis of beggardom, a mendicant's Mecca, a citadel of Jules Richepin's cherished Gueux.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

Pity the warrior who is contented to crawl about in this beggardom of rules, which are too bad for genius, over which it can set itself superior, over which it can perchance make merry!

From On War — Volume 1 by Graham, J. J., Colonel

It was a happy, care-free, gay, and kindly beggardom that he painted, with nothing in it to sadden the heart.

From Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People by Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke

Now it is over; I enter the nursery; I am going to have in my house the weaning of the future beggardom of England.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor