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   mendicity

   /mɛnˈdɪsɪti/

   noun

   • 1. the condition or activities of a beggar.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French mendicite, from Latin mendicitas, from mendicus ‘beggar’.

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • M

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   • E

     1

   • N

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   • D

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   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

   • Y

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