miser

See also misër

English

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Etymology

From Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmaɪzə(r)/
•  :Rhymes: -aɪzə(r)

Noun

miser (plural misers)

1. (pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.

   Ebenezer Scrooge was a stereotypical miser, he spent nothing he could save; neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth.

Synonyms

• cheapskate
• scrooge
• skinflint
• See Wikisaurus:miser

Antonyms

• spendthrift

Derived terms

• miserly

Translations

skinflint or scrooge

Arabic: بخيل (ar) (bajiil) m., بخيلة (ar) (bajiila) f. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 吝嗇鬼 (zh), 吝啬鬼 (zh) (lìnsèguǐ), 守財奴 (zh), 守财奴 (zh) (shǒucáinú) Czech: lakomec (cs) m. Danish: gnier (da) c. Dutch: gierigaard (nl) m., vrek (nl) m. Esperanto: avarulo (eo), avarulino (eo) Finnish: saituri (fi), kitupiikki (fi) French: avare (fr) m. Georgian: ძუშწშწშ (ka) (jušcšcš) German: Geizhals (de) m., Geizkragen (de) m. Hebrew: קמצן (he) (qamtsan) m.

Icelandic: nirfill (is) m. Italian: avaro (it) m. Japanese: 守銭奴 (ja) (しゅせんど, shusendo), ケチ (ja) (kechi) Latin: avarus (la) m. Polish: sknera m., skąpiec m., dusigrosz m. Portuguese: avarento m. avarenta f., mão-de-vaca Romanian: zgârcit Russian: скряга (ru) (skrjága) m. and f., жадина (ru) (žádina) m. and f., скупец (ru) (skupéc) m., скупердяй (ru) (skuperdjáj) m., куркуль (ru) (kurkúl’) m., жмот (ru) (žmot) m. Spanish: avaro (es) m. Swedish: snål (sv) c. Turkish: please add this translation if you can Volapük: (male or female) lavaran (vo), (male) hilavaran (vo), (female) jilavaran (vo)

See also

• misère

External links

• miser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• miser in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• miser at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• emirs
• mires
• Reims
• remis
• rimes

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French

Verb

miser

1. (gambling) to bet (place a bet)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of miser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		miser			avoir misé
gerund		en misant			en ayant misé
present participle		misant
past participle		misé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	mise	mises	mise	misons	misez	misent
	imperfect	misais	misais	misait	misions	misiez	misaient
	past historic1	misai	misas	misa	misâmes	misâtes	misèrent
	future	miserai	miseras	misera	miserons	miserez	miseront
	conditional	miserais	miserais	miserait	miserions	miseriez	miseraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	mise	mises	mise	misions	misiez	misent
	imperfect1	misasse	misasses	misât	misassions	misassiez	misassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	mise	—	misons	misez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• émirs, mires, mirés, Reims, remis, rimes, rîmes

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Latin

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Possibly akin to Ancient Greek μῖσος (“hatred”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmi.ser/

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Adjective

miser m. (feminine misera, neuter miserum); first/second declension

1. poor, wretched, pitiful
2. miserable, unhappy
3. worthless, null
4. tragic
5. sick
6. tormenting

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
nominative	miser	misera	miserum		miserī	miserae	misera
genitive	miserī	miserae	miserī		miserōrum	miserārum	miserōrum
dative	miserō	miserae	miserō		miserīs	miserīs	miserīs
accusative	miserum	miseram	miserum		miserōs	miserās	misera
ablative	miserō	miserā	miserō		miserīs	miserīs	miserīs
vocative	miser	misera	miserum		miserī	miserae	misera

Derived terms

misellus misereō miseria

misericors miserulus miseror

Related terms

miserābilis miserandus miserātiō

miserātor / misertor misericordia

Descendants

• English: miser
• Italian: misero
• Portuguese: mísero
• Romanian: meser, mizer
• Spanish: mísero

References

• H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
• miser in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879