supplicant definition

English supplicant definition

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌplɪkənt/
• Hyphenation: sup‧pli‧cant

Adjective

supplicant (comparative more supplicant, superlative most supplicant)

1. begging, pleading, supplicating

Translations

Noun

supplicant (plural supplicants)

1. one who comes to humbly ask or petition
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, 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.

2. (networking) A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.

Related terms

• supplicate
• applicant

Translations

Latin supplicant definition

Verb

supplicant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of supplicō