Dictionary entry

Beggary

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Beg″gar‐y (�), n. [OE. beggerie. See Beggar, n.] 1. The act of begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme poverty.

2. Beggarly appearance.

The freedom and the beggary of the old studio.

Thackeray.

Syn. — Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.