/
ˈmɛndɪk(ə)nt/
adj.
given to begging.
▸of or denoting a religious order originally dependent on alms.
n.
a beggar.
▸a member of a mendicant order.
Derivative
- mendicancy n.
- mendicity n.
Etymology
ME: from L. mendicant-, mendicare ‘beg’, from mendicus ‘beggar’, from mendum ‘fault’.
