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supplicant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsʌplɪkənt/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).

Meanings

  1. begging, pleading, supplicating

Forms

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more supplicant Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most supplicant Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

supplicantly

supplicant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsʌplɪkənt/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).

Meanings

  1. one who comes to humbly ask or petition
    • It recalled all the vivid hopes and beliefs of her childhood, when she was wont to kneel before some lovely image, till the face seemed to smile encouragement, and the little supplicant felt as if beneath a mother's eye. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 185:
  2. A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.

Forms

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supplicants Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

supplicate · applicant