beggarly
English
adj
Definitions
- In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
- Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.
- (by extension) inadequate or meagre.
Etymology
Suffix from English beggar.
Origin
English
beggar
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beg English
- beggar English
- beggardom English
- beggaress English
- beggarest English
- beggareth English
- beggarhood English
- beggarism English
- beggarlike English
- beggarliness English
- beggarman English
- beggarsome English
- beggarware English
- beggarweed English
- beggarwise English
- beggarwoman English
- beggary English
- cyberbeggar English
- e-beggar English
- kill-the-beggar English
- scare-beggar English
- unbeggarly English
- beggere Middle English