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Mendicant Latin Present Participle 无 Adj Mendicantem Nominative

单词 mendicant
音标 ['mendikənt]
解释 a.行乞的;n.乞丐
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字源 mendicant (adj.)
late 14c., from Latin mendicantem (nominative mendicans) present participle of mendicare "to beg, ask alms," from mendicus "beggar," originally "cripple" (connection via cripples who must beg), from menda "fault, physical defect" (see mendacious). As an adjective from 1540s. Also in Middle English was mendinant (mid-14c.), from Old French mendinant, present participle of mendiner "to beg," from the same Latin source.
mendicant (n.)
"a beggar," mid-15c., from mendicant (adj.) or from Latin mendicantem (nominative mendicans), noun use of present participle of mendicare.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】mend 修补 + cant 不能,衣服破的想修补都不能了

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