Category:Beggary

Beg"gar*y, n. Etym: [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.

Beg"gar*y, a.

Defn: Beggarly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.