English Explanatory Dictionary

supplicant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. begging, pleading, supplicating
noun
  1. one who comes to humbly ask or petition
  2. A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌplɪkənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-supplicant.wav

Word forms

supplicant more supplicant most supplicant supplicants

Etymology

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

Related words

supplicate applicant

Derived words

supplicantly
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