Reverse Dictionary: CHARITY

ADJECTIVES
► AMOREVOLOUS charitable; kind; loving; affectionate → a1670 obs.
► AMUS kindly, charitable → 1898 Sc.
► CARITATIVE of charitable or benevolent tendency → 1884
► CHARITATIVE 1. of the nature of a charitable gift or donation → 1582 obs.
2. charitable; of the nature of charity → 1647 obs.
► CUSTY charitable; generous with one’s money or possessions; munificent → c1175 obs.
► ELEEMOSYNARY 1. given or done as an act of charity; gratuitous → a1620
2. charitable; pert. to alms or almsgiving → c1630
► GOOD-DOING charitable → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANLY charitable; humane; generous → 1377 obs.

ADVERBS
► CARITABLY charitably → 1533 obs.
► ELEEMOSYNARILY charitably, by way of charity → 1897 (Bk.)

NOUNS
► ALMOUS money or food bestowed in charity → 1820 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BENEFACTION the bestowal of money for a charitable purpose → 1674
► DOOR-KNOCK a door-to-door appeal for charity or similar collection → 1950s Aust. sl.
► MENSES charity → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEST a collection for a charitable purpose → 1843 Ireland

NOUNS – PERSON
► BASKET-SCRAMBLER a person who scrambles for the dole from a basket, i.e. who lives on charity → 1647 obs.
► CHUGGER a charity worker who raises funds by approaching people in the street, usually seeking to set up regular contributions via bank transfer rather than asking for an immediate cash donation → 2002 UK sl., usually derogatory
► MEAL TICKET a charitable person who can be inveigled into giving a tramp a meal → 1900 Amer. dial.
► PERFICIENT a person who endows a charity → 1828 obs.
► SAMARITAN a charitable, kind, or benevolent person → 1640
► YELLOW-HAMMER a nickname for a charity boy in yellow breeches → 1851 obs.

PHRASES
► CHRISTEN YOUR OWN CHILD FIRST charity begins at home → 1891 Eng. dial.

VERBS
► BENEFACT to give in charity → 1594 obs.
► LIVE AFORE THE FRIEND to live on the charity of friends → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEST to collect money or provisions as alms → 1843 Ireland