Beggable
(Beg"ga*ble) a. Capable of being begged.
Beggar
(Beg"gar) n. [OE. beggere, fr. beg.]
1. One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner.
2. One who makes it his business to ask alms.
3. One who is dependent upon others for support; — a contemptuous or sarcastic use.
4. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove. Abp. Tillotson.
Beggar
(Beg"gar), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beggared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beggaring.]
1. To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself. Milton.
2. To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.
It beggared all description.
Shak.
Beggarhood
(Beg"gar*hood) n. The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars.
Beggarism
(Beg"gar*ism) n. Beggary. [R.]
Beggarliness
(Beg"gar*li*ness) n. The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.
Beggarly
(Beg"gar*ly) a.
1. In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
"A bankrupt, beggarly fellow." South. "A beggarly fellowship." Swift. "Beggarly elements." Gal. iv. 9.
2. Produced or occasioned by beggary. [Obs.]
Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery,
stealing, and dissimulation.
Jer. Taylor.
Beggarly
(Beg"gar*ly), adv. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.
Beggar's lice
(Beg"gar's lice`) (Bot.) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum
and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.
Beggar's ticks
(Beg"gar's ticks`) The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed
awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity.
Beggary
(Beg"gar*y) n. [OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n.]
1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.
2. Beggarly appearance. [R.]
The freedom and the beggary of the old studio.
Thackeray.
Syn. — Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.
Beggary
(Beg"gar*y), a. Beggarly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Beggestere
(Beg"ge*stere) n. [Beg + - ster.] A beggar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
