| 单词 |
mendinant |
| 释义 |
† ˈmendinant, n. and a. Obs. Also mendyna(u)nt, -ynante, -enaunt, -inaunt, meyndenaunt. [a. OF. mendinant, pr. pple. of mendiner, mendienner to beg, f. mendien (fem. -enne), an altered form, due to confusion of suffix, of mendiant (see mendiant). Cf. mendivaunt: in 14th c. texts the two words cannot with certainty be distinguished.] = mendicant.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. xi. 198 For mendynauntz at mischief þe men were dewid. c1386Chaucer Sompn. T. 198 We mendynantz, we sely freres, Been wedded to pouerte and continence. c1400Mandeville (1839) xv. 167 There ben manye religious men, and namely of Mendynantes. |

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