late 14c., from Latin mendicantem (nominative mendicans) present participle of mendicare "to beg, ask alms," from mendicus "beggar," originally "cripple" (connection via cripples who must beg), from menda "fault, physical defect" (see mendacious). As an adjective from 1540s. Also in Middle English was mendinant (mid-14c.), from Old French mendinant, present participle of mendiner "to beg," from the same Latin source.
mendicant (n.)
"a beggar," mid-15c., from mendicant (adj.) or from Latin mendicantem (nominative mendicans), noun use of present participle of mendicare.
实用例句
1. He seemed not an ordinary mendicant.
他好象不是寻常的乞丐。来自辞典例句
2. This dear little naked mendicant pretends to be utterly helpless.
这可爱的赤裸的乞儿,假装全然无助.来自互联网
3. A member of a usually mendicant Roman Catholic order.
托钵修会修士常化缘的罗马天主教会成员.来自互联网
4. Then the mendicant did it.
接着乞丐就做了倒立.来自互联网
5. A fifth order, the Servites, founded in 1233, was acknowledged as mendicant order in 1424.
