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Beggarliness

Beggarliness \Beg"gar*li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

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beggarliness

n. (context rare English) The state or characteristic of being or resembling a beggar; destitution.

Usage examples of "beggarliness".

It was the beggarliness of his companion that caused him the most pain.

So, for example, after getting out of such filth and beggarliness, after having scrubbed floors, she would suddenly start sniffing at our poverty!