eleemosynary
英 [,el?i?'m?s?n?r?; -'m?z-]
美[,?l?'mɑsn,?ri]
- adj. 施舍的；慈善的；接受接济的
英文词源
- eleemosynary
- eleemosynary: see alms
- eleemosynary (adj.)
- 1610s, from Medieval Latin eleemosynarius "pertaining to alms," from Late Latin eleemosyna "alms," from Greek eleemosyne "pity" (see alms).