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Beggary

Bĕg'gar-y, n.

noun

n. [O. Eng. beggery. See BEGGAR, n.] A state of extreme indigence.

The freedom and the beggary of the old studio. Thackeray.

Bĕg'gar-y, a.

adjective

a. Beggarly. [Obs.] B. Jonson.