begging
noun
- practice of imploring others to grant a favor with little or no expectation of reciprocation
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛɡɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English begging, beggyng, beggynge, equivalent to beg + -ing (gerund ending).
- The act of one who begs.
“The Brahmans were very annoying in their beggings for money […]”
- Money or goods acquired by begging.
“Then a thin old hag […] moaned out, "Twopence for two ounces!" and had to go out of the shop unmeated, since her earnings — or her beggings — had not brought her enough to have that small price to spare.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English beggin, beggyn, beggyng, (also beggand), present participle of beggen (“to beg”), equivalent to beg + -ing (participle ending).
- present participle and gerund of beg