misero

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See also: mísero

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ze.ro/
  • Rhymes: -izero
  • Hyphenation: mì‧se‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin miserum, of uncertain origin. Possibly a borrowing.

Adjective

misero (feminine misera, masculine plural miseri, feminine plural misere, superlative miserrimo)

  1. bleak, miserable, unhappy, wretched
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XVII, p. 257-258 vv. 109-110:
      né quando Icaro misero le reni ¶ sentì spennar per la scaldata cera, [...]
      nor when the wretched Icarus his flanks ¶ felt stripped of feathers by the melting wax,
    • 1802, Ugo Foscolo, “A Luigia Pallavicini caduta da cavallo” (Scelte opere di Ugo Foscolo, Poligrafica Fiesolana, Firenze (1835), p. 22), vv. 76-78:
      Scuote l’arcion, te misera ¶ su la pietrosa riva ¶ strascinando mal viva
      It shakes the saddle, dragging ¶ you on the rocky shore, ¶ miserable and barely alive
    Synonyms: disgraziato, infelice, miserabile
    Antonyms: beato, felice, fortunato
    1. (by extension, of a person) destitute, indigent, poor
      Synonyms: bisognoso, indigente, povero
      Antonyms: abbiente, agiato, benestante
    2. (by extension, of a place) poor, underdeveloped
      Synonyms: depresso, povero, sottosviluppato
      Antonyms: fiorente, prospero, ricco
  2. inadequate, insufficient, meager
    Un misero salario.
    A meager salary.
    Synonyms: insufficiente, irrisorio, magro, scarso
    Antonyms: abbondante, cospicuo, lauto
  3. contemptible, despicable, miserable, sleazy
    • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto III, p. 37-38 vv. 34-36:
      Ed elli a me: «Questo misero modo ¶ tegnon l'anime triste di coloro ¶ che visser sanza 'nfamia e sanza lodo. [...]»
      And he to me: «This miserable mode ¶ maintain the melancholy souls of those ¶ who lived withouten infamy or praise. »
    Synonyms: abietto, ignobile, meschino, spregevole
    Antonym: nobile
  4. (archaic) avaricious, covetous, stingy, ungenerous
    • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decamerone, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 250:
      [...] non ad ammaſſare denari, come i miſeri fanno, ma ad iſpender gli ammaſſati [...]
      not to amass money, like the avaricious do, but to spend that collected
    • 1532, Niccolò Machiavelli, Il Principe, published 1537, page 29:
      [...] miſero chiamiamo quello che troppo ſi aſtiene dallo vſar il ſuo.
      it's called stingy he who excessively withholds his own .
    Synonyms: avaro, taccagno, tirchio
    Antonyms: generoso, munifico, prodigo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

misero

  1. third-person plural past historic of mettere

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

miserō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of miser

Verb

mīserō

  1. first-person singular future perfect active indicative of mittō

Verb

miserō (present infinitive miserāre, perfect active miserāvī, supine miserātum); first conjugation

  1. Alternative form of miseror

Conjugation

References

  • misero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • misero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.