beggary

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
“
But beggary, honoured sir, beggary is a vice.

View all »
Definitions (13)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (3)

  1. noun Extreme poverty; penury.
  2. noun The state or condition of being a beggar.
  3. noun Beggars considered as a group.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (6)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (2)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • The Syllan military proprietors had disappeared—one by one they had fallen to beggary, and had sold their holdings, and again the country was parcelled into enormous estates cultivated by slave-gangs. —  Caesar: A Sketch
  • A gigantic system of robbery had seized upon houses and lands and every species of property and had turned thousands of the opulent out into destitution, beggary, and death. —  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • And talking about professional hobos, beggary is a profession by itself and it pays well too. —  - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
  • At 46, Hermann credits most New Orleans-style musicians for his avoidance of a life of beggary, which is why after this Mardi Gras Band tour - watch for new —  JamBase
  • Substantial merchants were reduced almost to beggary, and many a representative of a noble line saw the fortunes of his house ruined beyond redemption. —  Weblogsky
More examples »
 

Tags

beggary hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 83 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Etymologies (2)

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (2)

  1. Early modern English also beggery, from Middle English beggerie, from beggere, beggar.
  2. from beggar + -y.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈbɛgəri/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word several times a year.

Recently looked up

catafalque · strident · hyrde · fulminant · conceals

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

qualms · poofter · oh for heaven's sake · embodies · silence