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mendicity
[ men-dis-i-tee ]
/ mɛnˈdɪs ɪ ti /
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Origin of mendicity
1350–1400; Middle English mendicite<Latin mendīcitās beggary, equivalent to mendīc(us) needy, beggarly + -itās-ity
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mendicity
mendacity, mendicityWords nearby mendicity
Menderes, Mendes, Mendès-France, mendicancy, mendicant, mendicity, mending, Mendips, Mendocino, mend one's fences, mend one's ways
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