About The Word Miser
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Miser
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What's The Definition Of Miser?
[n] a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Miser: Related Terms | Find terms related to Miser: 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 | Silas Marner | skin | skinflint | stiff | tax collector | tightwad See Also | cheapskate | hoarder | tightwad Miser In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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