beggingness

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noun

The state or quality of being begging.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounbeggingness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being begging.

    He had no problem with the team moving. And do you remember his willingness, almost beggingness, to sell the team?

    2007 March 14, Michael Ventolo, “NHL MOTW: Week of 03/07/2007!”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.nj-devils (Usenet), retrieved 21 Nov 2018
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    Also the Holy Ghost taught Solomon to pray these two things of God: God make vanity and leasing words far from me, and give not to me begging or beggingness; but give only things that beene needfull for my livelode; […]

    1845, “The Lawfulness of Begging Maintained by Friars”, in Robert Vaughan, editor, Tracts and treatises of John de Wycliffe, D.D. : with selections and translations from his manuscripts, and Latin works, Blackburn and Pardon, →OCLC

    And may we not remember that the poverty of spirit of this Beatitude is, if we pursue the Greek word exactly, rather a beseechingness, a beggingness, if I may coin such a term, of spirit?

    1860, George Moberly, “Sermon I”, in Sermons on the Beatitudes, J.H. and Jas. Parker

    But for appreciation of the sheer question beggingness of Moore's arguments, there is no substitute for reading "External and Internal Relations" and "The Refutation of Idealism" themselves.

    1980, Idealistic Studies - Volumes 10-11, page 252

    He remained nameless and he would not speak but motioned in a slumberous dance a beggingness that penetrated and united all around him

    2018, “Visions”, in Brodric Wellington, Joseph Pap (lyrics), Memory, performed by Ivan

Origin

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