Miser Mi"ser (mī"zẽr)
noun [ Latin
miser wretched, miserable; confer Greek
mi^sos hate,
misei^n to hate: confer Italian & Spanish
misero wretched, avaricious.]
1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. The woeful words of a miser now despairing.
Sir P. Sidney. 2. A despicable person; a wretch. [ Obsolete]
Shak. 3. A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard. As some lone miser , visiting his store,
Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er.
Goldsmith. 4. A kind of large earth auger. Knight.
Miserable Mis"er·a·ble adjective [ French
misérable , Latin
miserabilis , from
miserari to lament, pity, from
miser wretched. See
Miser .]
1. Very unhappy; wretched. What hopes delude thee, miserable man?
Dryden. 2. Causing unhappiness or misery. What 's more miserable than discontent?
Shak. 3. Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. Miserable comforters are ye all.
Job xvi. 2. 4. Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. [ Obsolete]
Hooker. Syn. -- Abject; forlorn; pitiable; wretched.
Miserable Mis"er·a·ble noun A miserable person. [ Obsolete]
Sterne.
Miserableness Mis"er·a·ble·ness noun The state or quality of being miserable.
Miserably Mis"er·a·bly adverb In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly. They were miserably entertained.
Sir P. Sidney. The fifth was miserably stabbed to death.
South.
Miseration Mis`er·a"tion noun Commiseration. [ Obsolete]
Miserere Mis`e·re"re noun [ Latin , have mercy, from
misereri to have mercy, from
miser . See
Miser .]
1. (R. C. Ch.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere . 2. A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm. Where only the wind signs miserere .
Lowell. 3. (Architecture) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall ). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia . 4. (Medicine) Same as Ileus .
Misericorde Mis"er·i·corde" noun [ French
miséricorde . See
Misericordia .]
1. Compassion; pity; mercy. [ Obsolete]
2. (Anc. Armor.) Same as Misericordia , 2.
Misericordia Mis`e·ri·cor"di·a noun [ Latin , mercy, compassion;
miser wretched +
cor ,
cordis , heart.]
1. (O. Law) An amercement. Burrill. 2. (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary. 3. (Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. Shipley.
Miserly Mi"ser·ly (mī"zẽr*lȳ)
adjective [ From
Miser .]
Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly. Syn. -- Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See
Avaricious .
Misery Mi"ser·y noun ;
plural Miseries . [ Middle English
miserie , Latin
miseria , from
miser wretched: confer French
misère , Old French also,
miserie .]
1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. Chaucer. Destruction and misery are in their ways.
Rom. iii. 16. 2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Shak. 3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [ Obsolete]
Syn. -- Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune.
Misesteem Mis`es·teem" noun [ Confer French
mésestime .]
Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
Misestimate Mis·es"ti·mate transitive verb To estimate erroneously. J. S. Mill.
Misexplanation Mis·ex`pla·na"tion noun An erroneous explanation.
Misexplication Mis·ex`pli·ca"tion noun Wrong explication.
Misexposition Mis·ex`po·si"tion noun Wrong exposition.
Misexpound Mis`ex·pound" transitive verb To expound erroneously.
Misexpression Mis`ex·pres"sion noun Wrong expression.
Misfaith Mis·faith" noun Want of faith; distrust. "[ Anger] born of your
misfaith ."
Tennyson.
Misfall Mis·fall" transitive verb [
imperfect Misfell ;
past participle Misfallen ;
present participle & verbal noun Misfalling .]
To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Misfare Mis·fare" intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon
misfaran .]
To fare ill. [ Obsolete] --
noun Misfortune. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Misfashion Mis·fash"ion transitive verb To form wrongly.
Misfeasance Mis·fea"sance noun [ Old French prefix
mes- wrong (L.
minus less) +
faisance doing, from
faire to do, Latin
facere . Confer
Malfeasance .]
(Law) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which a person might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton.
Misfeature Mis·fea"ture noun Ill feature. [ R.]
Keats.
Misfeeling Mis·feel"ing adjective Insensate. [ Obsolete]
Wyclif.
Misfeign Mis·feign" intransitive verb To feign with an evil design. [ Obsolete]
Spenser.
Misfit Mis·fit" noun 1. The act or the state of fitting badly; as, a misfit in making a coat; a ludicrous misfit . 2. Something that fits badly, as a garment. I saw an uneasy change in Mr. Micawber, which sat tightly on him, as if his new duties were a misfit .
Dickens.
Misform Mis·form" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Misformed ;
present participle & verbal noun Misforming .]
To make in an ill form. Spenser.
Misformation Mis`for·ma"tion noun Malformation.
Misfortunate Mis·for"tu·nate adjective Producing misfortune. [ Obsolete]
Misfortune Mis·for"tune noun Bad fortune or luck; calamity; an evil accident; disaster; mishap; mischance. Consider why the change was wrought,
You 'll find his misfortune , not his fault.
Addison. Syn. -- Calamity; mishap; mischance; misadventure; ill; harm; disaster. See
Calamity .
Misfortune Mis·for"tune intransitive verb To happen unluckily or unfortunately; to miscarry; to fail. [ Obsolete]
Stow.
Misfortuned Mis·for"tuned adjective Unfortunate. [ Obsolete]
Misframe Mis·frame" transitive verb To frame wrongly.
Misget Mis·get" transitive verb To get wrongfully. [ Obsolete]
Misgie Mis·gie" transitive verb See Misgye . [ Obsolete]
Misgive Mis·give" transitive verb [
imperfect Misgave ;
past participle Misgiven ;
present participle & verbal noun Misgiving .]
1. To give or grant amiss. [ Obsolete]
Laud. 2. Specifically: To give doubt and apprehension to, instead of confidence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts
What may befall him, to his harm and ours.
Shak. Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved.
Milton. 3. To suspect; to dread. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Misgive Mis·give" intransitive verb To give out doubt and apprehension; to be fearful or irresolute. "My mind
misgives ."
Shak.
Misgiving Mis·giv"ing noun Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. "Suspicious and
misgivings ."
South.
Misgo Mis·go" (-gō")
intransitive verb To go astray. Spenser.
Misgotten Mis·got"ten (-gŏt"t'n)
adjective Unjustly gotten. Spenser.
Misgovern Mis·gov"ern transitive verb To govern ill; as, to misgovern a country. Knolles.
Misgovernance Mis·gov"ern·ance noun Misgovernment; misconduct; misbehavior. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. Spenser.
Misgoverned Mis·gov"erned adjective Ill governed, as a people; ill directed. "Rude,
misgoverned hands."
Shak.
Misgovernment Mis·gov"ern·ment noun Bad government; want of government. Shak.
Misgracious Mis·gra"cious adjective Not gracious. [ Obsolete]
Misgraff Mis·graff" transitive verb To misgraft. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Misgraft Mis·graft" transitive verb To graft wrongly.
Misground Mis·ground" transitive verb To found erroneously. "
Misgrounded conceit."
Bp. Hall.
Misgrowth Mis·growth" noun Bad growth; an unnatural or abnormal growth.
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