Miser
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English
Noun
Miser (plural Misers)- (pejorative) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.
Verbs for Miser
abhor—; detest—; hiss—; scoff at—; scorn—; torment—; —accumulates; —acquires; —begrudges; —broods; —covets; —endures; —fears; —grasps; —hoards; —pinches; — sacrifices; —scants; —skins; —starves; — stints; —wrests.
Synonyms for Miser
cheapskate; scrooge; skinflint;
Antonyms for Miser
Derived terms
Thesaurus
misère, accumulator, bill collector, cheapskate, churl, collection agent, collector, connoisseur, curmudgeon, douanier, dunner, exciseman, farmer, gatherer, glutton, hog, magpie, muckworm, niggard, pack rat, penny pincher, pig, piker, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save-all, scrooge, skin, skinflint, stiff, tax collector, tightwad
Etymology
From Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmaɪzə(r)/
- :Rhymes: -aɪzə(r)
Translations
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French
Verb
Miser
- (gambling) to bet (place a bet)
Conjugation
| 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 | |||||||
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Latin
Adjective
miser m. (feminine misera, neuter miserum); first/second declension
Etymology
Of unknown origin. Possibly akin to Ancient Greek μῖσος (“hatred”).
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
Related terms
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
