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miser
English
Etymology
From Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma?z?(?)/
- :Rhymes: -a?z?(r)
Noun
miser (plural misers)
- (derogatory) 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.
- A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:miser
Antonyms
- spendthrift
Derived terms
- miserly
Related terms
- miserable
- misery
Translations
See also
- misère
Further reading
- miser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- miser in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- miser at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- IMers, Mires, Reims, Rimes, emirs, mires, reims, reism, remis, riems, rimes
French
Etymology
mise +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ze/
Verb
miser
- (gambling) to bet (place a bet)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- miser sur le mauvais cheval
Descendants
- ? Romanian: miza
Further reading
- “miser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- émirs, mires, mirés, Reims, remis, rimes, rîmes
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *misseros, of unknown origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *m?wd?- (“to complain, be emotional about”), the same root of Latin maere? and Ancient Greek ????? (mîsos, “hatred”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?mi.ser/, [?m?s??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?mi.ser/, [?mi?s??r]
Adjective
miser (feminine misera, neuter miserum, comparative miserior, superlative miserrimus, adverb miseriter); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- poor, wretched, pitiful
- 29 bc. Vergil. Aeneid, Book I
- n?n ign?ra mal? miser?s succurrere disc?
- being not unacquainted with woe, I learn to help the unfortunate
- n?n ign?ra mal? miser?s succurrere disc?
- Catullus. Catullus 8
- Miser Catulle, d?sin?s inept?re
- Poor Catullus, stop with the nonsense
- Miser Catulle, d?sin?s inept?re
- 29 bc. Vergil. Aeneid, Book I
- miserable, unhappy
- worthless, null
- tragic, unfortunate
- sick
- tormenting
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: meser, measer
- Italian: misero
- Old French: mezre
- ? Catalan: míser
- ? Portuguese: mísero
- ? Spanish: mísero
- ? Albanian: mjerë (disputed)
- ? English: miser
- ? Romanian: mizer
References
- 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]
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economics
English
Alternative forms
- œconomics (archaic)
Etymology
From economy, from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from ????? (oîkos, “house”) + ????? (nómos, “management”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /?ik??n?m?ks/, /??k??n?m?ks/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?i?k??n?m?ks/, /??k??n?m?ks/
Noun
economics (uncountable)
- (social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.
- Synonyms: dismal science; see also Thesaurus:economics
Derived terms
- -nomics
Related terms
- economy
Translations
Anagrams
- neocosmic
Ladin
Adjective
economics
- masculine plural of economich
Occitan
Adjective
economics
- masculine plural of economic
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