supplicant
English
Etymology
Latin supplicans, "supplicating, bowing down" from supplico "kneel, bow down, request", from sub- "lower" + plico "fold".
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌplɪkənt/
- Hyphenation: sup‧pli‧cant
Adjective
supplicant (comparative more supplicant, superlative most supplicant)
- begging, pleading, supplicating
Translations
supplicating
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Noun
supplicant (plural supplicants)
- one who comes to humbly ask or petition
Related terms
- supplicate
- applicant
Translations
one who asks or petitions
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Latin
Verb
supplicant
- third-person plural present active indicative of supplicō