different between complaint vs miserere

English

Etymology

From Middle English compleynte, from Anglo-Norman compleint, from Old French compleindre, eventually from Latin planctus (whence plaint).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?ple?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?nt

Noun

complaint (countable and uncountable, plural complaints)

1. The act of complaining.
2. A grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern.

3. (law) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based;
   The purpose is to give notice to the adversary of the nature and basis of the claim asserted.
4. (law) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.
   However, court proceedings, such as a trial, cannot be instituted until an indictment or information has been handed down against the defendant.
5. A bodily disorder or disease; the symptom of such a disorder.

   Don't come too close; I've got this nasty complaint.

Synonyms

• (in criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer) criminal complaint, complaint of an offence/offense, (penal) charge, (criminal) charges, criminal information, informing the police/authorities, notification of the police/authorities, reporting an offence/offense to the police/authorities

Translations

Anagrams

• coimplant, compliant

English

Etymology

From Middle English miserere, a borrowing from Latin miser?re (“have pity”), first word of the 51st Psalm, a calque of Ancient Greek ??????? (elé?son).

Noun

miserere (plural misereres)

1. A prayer for mercy.
2. An expression of lamentation or complaint.
3. A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe; misericord.
4. (architecture) A small projecting boss or bracket on the underside of the hinged seat of a church stall, intended to give some support to a standing worshipper when the seat is turned up; a misericord.
5. Ileus.

References

• “miserere”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “miserere” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin miser?re (literally “have mercy!”), second-person singular active imperative form of miseror.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ze?r?.re/
• Rhymes: -?re
• Hyphenation: mi?se?rè?re

Noun

miserere m (invariable)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Miserere (51^st psalm)
2. miserere (expression of lamentation or complaint)

Related terms

Verb

miserere!

1. (now only humorous) Used as a second-person imperative form: Have mercy!

References

• miserere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

miser?re

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of miseror
2. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of miser?
3. present active infinitive of miseret
4. present active infinitive of misere?
5. second-person singular present passive imperative of misere?
6. second-person singular present passive indicative of misere?
7. second-person singular present active imperative of misereor
8. second-person singular present active indicative of misereor