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mendicant
'mendicant' - used as an adjective
1.
practicing beggary
mendicant friars
'mendicant' - used as a noun
2.
a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
3.
a pauper who lives by begging
See also
beseeching
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A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
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- Jessamyn West
Fact of the day
When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country "Little Venice", which translated into Spanish is Venezuela.