How to pronounce mendicant
American English pronunciation
MEN-dih-kunt
- IPA
- /ˈmɛndɪkənt/
- Syllables
- MEN · dih · kunt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What mendicant means
A person who lives by begging
In a sentence: In the old story, a mendicant knocked on the castle door and asked for a bowl of soup.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning begging, from a verb meaning to beg.
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