Beg"gar*y, a. Beggarly. [Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Beg"gar*y (?), n. [OE. beggerie. See
Beggar, n.] 1. The act of
begging; the state of being a beggar; mendicancy; extreme
poverty.
2. Beggarly appearance. [R.]
The freedom and the beggary of the old studio.
Thackeray.
Syn. -- Indigence; want; penury; mendicancy.