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miser |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Miser \Mi"ser\, n. [L. miser wretched, miserable; cf Gr ? hate, ?, ? to hate: cf It & Sp misero wretched, avaricious.] 1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune. [Obs.] --Spenser. The woeful words of a miser now despairing. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. A despicable person; a wretch. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er. --Goldsmith. 4. A kind of large earth auger. --Knight. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: miser n : a hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
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