名詞 mendicant:

1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
   同義詞：friar
2. a pauper who lives by begging
   同義詞：beggar

形容詞 mendicant:

1. practicing beggary

men.di.cant

adj.（形容詞）
Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.
以行乞?yàn)樯模嚎烤葷?jì)來(lái)生活的；行乞的
n.（名詞）
A beggar.
乞丐
A member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common, who work or beg for their living.
托缽僧：一種不允許擁有私人財(cái)產(chǎn)的僧人，以工作或化緣維持生活

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin mendoc3ns mendocant- [present participle of] mendoc3re [to beg]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) mendoc3ns mendocant- [] mendoc3re的現(xiàn)在分詞 [乞討]
from mendocus [needy, beggar]
源自 mendocus [非常貧困的，乞討者]
from mendum [physical defect]
源自 mendum [生理缺陷]

【引伸】
men.dicancy 或
mendic.ity