supplicant
suh pluh kuhnt
- n someone who prays to God
- n one praying humbly for something
- s humbly entreating
- Each supplicant dips a finger in purple dye to ensure that there is no cheating for seconds.
- Having never before boarded an international flight, he flew three times to Germany in 1938, appearing to play supplicant to a violent dictator.
- Tennov thinks that limerence is as likely to break out in psychotherapy (me shrink, you supplicant) as almost anywhere else.