supplicant
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌplɪkənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: sup‧pli‧cant
Adjective edit
supplicant (comparative more supplicant, superlative most supplicant)
Translations edit
suppliant — see suppliant
Noun edit
supplicant (plural supplicants)
- one who comes to humbly ask or petition
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 185:
- 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.
- (networking) A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
suppliant — see suppliant
Latin edit
Verb edit
supplicant