See Also: annelid(encyclopedia)
annelid(dictionary)
BEGGAR(law)
beggar(2)(dictionary)
beggar(1)(dictionary)
Beggar thy neighbor(finance)
beggar 2, verb(dictionary)
beggar 1, noun(dictionary)
Beggar's Opera, The(dictionary)
beggar's lice(medicine)

beggar(1) (iou) and annelid (iou)


beggar(1) (iou)



beggar noun. ME.
[from BEG verb + -AR3.]
A person who begs; esp. a person who lives by begging. ME.
sturdy beggar: see STURDY adjective. valiant beggar: see VALIANT adjective 1.
Proverb: Beggars cannot be choosers.
A person in needy circumstances; a poor person. ME.
Bible (Coverdale): Ecclesiasticus 37:30 Some man..can geve..prudent councell..and contynueth a begger.
A mean or low fellow; joc. a person, a chap. Now also euphem. for BUGGER noun1 3. ME.
E. Langley At last, the poor little beggars did their dialogue to a thunder of well-fed applause. Fortune The plane starts taxiing in from the runway, and look: the beggars are already standing up, ready to jump off.
A person who begs a favour; a suppliant. LME-E17.
A person who begs the question. L16-E19.
Comb.: beggar's purse N. Amer. an appetizer consisting of a crepe stuffed with a savoury filling, orig. caviar and creme fraiche; beggar-ticks (the prickly fruits of) any of several N. American bur-marigolds, esp. Bidens frondosa.
beggarhood noun (people in) the condition of a beggar ME.
beggarism noun (now rare) practice characteristic of a beggar, beggary M17.

annelid (iou)



annelid noun & adjective. M19.
[French annelide or from mod. Latin annelida (see below), from French anneles ringed (sc. animaux animals) (Lamarck), use of ppl adjective of anneler, from Old French anel ring from Latin anellus dim. of anulus: see ANNULUS, -ID3.]
Zoology.
A. noun. An animal of the phylum Annelida, members of which (e.g. marine worms, earthworms, and leeches) have bodies made up of annular segments. M19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Annelida or an annelid. M19.
Also a'nnelidan noun & adjective M19.