Synonyms for miser
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mahy-zer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaɪ zər |
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Définition of miser
Origin :- 1540s, "miserable person, wretch," from Latin miser (adj.) "unhappy, wretched, pitiable, in distress," of unknown origin. Original sense now obsolete; main modern meaning of "money-hoarding person" recorded 1560s, from presumed unhappiness of such people.
- Besides general wretchedness, the Latin word connoted also "intense erotic love" (cf. slang got it bad "deeply infatuated") and hence was a favorite word of Catullus. In Greek a miser was kyminopristes, literally "a cumin seed splitter." In Modern Greek, he might be called hekentabelones, literally "one who has sixty needles." The German word, filz, literally "felt," preserves the image of the felt slippers which the miser often wore in caricatures. Lettish mantrausis "miser" is literally "money-raker."
- noun person who hoards money, possessions
- He repulsed the advances of neighbors, and became what Robert called him—a miser.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Robert was right in calling him a miser, but he had not always deserved the name.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- But you know the old man has become a miser, and makes money his idol.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- She declared she was thrifty, but neither a miser, nor a kidnaper, nor a witch.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- I have a regard for old Matthew, though he is something of a miser, I fear.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I should think myself a miser, a selfish wretch, if I had kept them any longer.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Course, you and me know they're mean, miser'ble liars, but it's her I'm thinkin' of.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Ain't you got any self-respect at all, you miser'ble, low-lived—' and so forth and so on.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Perhaps it is merely a story of a miser and his daughter's dowry.
- Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
- The miser is happy when he hoards his gold; the philanthropist when he distributes his.
- Extract from : « The Fifth String  » by John Philip Sousa
Antonyms for miser
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