miser

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English misser, from Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ) === Noun === miser (plural misers) (derogatory) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious. [late 16th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:miser Antonyms: see Thesaurus:spendthrift (obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch. A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== miserable misery ==== Translations ==== === See also === misère === Further reading === “miser”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “miser”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “miser”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === IMers, rimes, mires, remis, Miers, Rimes, reism, Mires, Reims, Meirs, riems, Simer, emirs, reims == French == === Etymology === From mise +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mi.ze/ === Verb === miser (gambling) to bet (place a bet) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== miser sur le mauvais cheval ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: mize → Romanian: miza === Further reading === “miser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === émirs, mires, mirés, Reims, remis, rimes, rîmes == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *misseros, of unknown origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *mh₂isros (“complaining, emotional about”), the same root of Latin maereō, Tocharian B msär (“difficult”), and Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɪ.sɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.s̬er] === Adjective === miser (feminine misera, neuter miserum, comparative miserior, superlative miserrimus, adverb miserē or miseriter); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) poor, wretched, pitiful ca. 54 BC, Catullus. Catullus 8 Miser Catulle, dēsinās ineptīre Poor Catullus, stop with the nonsense 29 bc. Vergil. Aeneid, Book I nōn ignāra malī miserīs succurrere discō being not unacquainted with woe, I learn to help the unfortunate miserable, unhappy Synonyms: maestus, trīstis, infēlīx, aeger Antonyms: laetus, alacer, fēlīx worthless, null Synonyms: vīlis, inānis tragic, unfortunate sick Synonyms: aeger, languidus, fessus, affectus Antonyms: sānus, salvus, validus, integer, intāctus, salūber tormenting ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “miser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “miser”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “miser”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]