Definitions for beggary

beggary beg·gar·y

Spelling: [beg-uh-ree]
IPA: /ˈbɛg ə ri/

Beggary is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in beggary (abeggry).

Definitions for beggary

noun

  1. a state or condition of utter poverty.
  2. beggars collectively.
  3. a place lived in or frequented by beggars.

Origin of beggary

1350-1400; Middle English beggerie. See beggar, -y3

Examples for beggary

There were the Four Corners, and his seat in the Board, and then—beggary.

"I don't wonder that we have come to beggary," said she, passionately.

Will you save your brother from the scaffold, and yourself from beggary and ruin?

So must we all, each in his job, if life isn't to turn to beggary.

Very little, if any, beggary meets the eye, either in town or country.

With all its wisdom, will it not be reduced to beggary and starvation?

No better field for beggary in all Manhattan's bounteous acreage.

But that was no distinction in Yuchovitch; the whole village was poor almost to beggary.

Fragonard, who had been the darling of his age, died in neglect and beggary.

Lucky in everything, and most of all in coming to wealth from beggary!

Word Value for beggary
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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