beggary

== English == === Etymology === From beggar +‎ -y. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛɡəɹi/ === Noun === beggary (countable and uncountable, plural beggaries) The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty. 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son and T. Cadell, Volume I, Book I, Chapter 9, p. 128,[1] […] she does not come hither as a beggar, however well the state of beggary may accord with her poverty: she only sollicits the payment of a bill […] The fact or action of begging. Beggarly appearance. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === beggary (comparative more beggary, superlative most beggary) (obsolete) beggarly early 1600s, Beaumont and Fletcher (attributed), The Nice Valour, Act V, Scene 3, in The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher, London: J. & R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750, Volume 10, p. 359,[4] This is Love’s beggary right, that now is ours, When Ladies love, and cannot shew their Powers.