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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mi•ser /ˈmaɪzɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who saves money and is reluctant to spend it.
mi•ser•li•ness, n. [uncountable] mi•ser•ly, adj. See -miser-.-miser-, root. - -miser- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "wretched.'' This meaning is found in such words as: commiserate, miser, miserable, miserly, misery.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mi•ser (mī ′zər), n. - a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- a stingy, avaricious person.
- [Obs.]a wretched or unhappy person.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged skinflint, tightwad, pinchpenny.
Miser, The, (French, L'Avare),USA pronunciation - Literaturea comedy (1668) by Molière.
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