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Misery
Definitions
- 1 Derogatory name for Missouri: a state of the United States. derogatory, humorous, slang
"First, the young lady whom you spoke as becoming [a] mistress of the establishment would most likely (if she could become as such) be brought into a state of misery, instead of being brought from the state of misery, (or Missouri), [...]"
- 1 Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. countable, uncountable
"Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face."
- 2 a feeling of intense unhappiness wordnet
- 3 A bodily ache or pain. UK, US, countable, dialectal, uncountable
"[...] and I had a misery in my left breast and shoulder. I was hurt, but knew not how or how much."
- 4 a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune wordnet
- 5 Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. countable, uncountable
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- 6 poverty. countable, uncountable
"The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, […] Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat: […] The rich haue all, the poore liue in miſerie: […]"
- 7 greed; avarice. archaic, countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English miserie, from Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser, equivalent to miser + -y. Doublet of misère and mizeria.
Blend of Missouri + misery.
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