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Word entry · 5 letters

miser

Best crossword clue

"Penny-pincher"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted eimrsStarts with MEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

Word origin

From Middle English misser, from Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”).

Used in a sentence

  • Scrooge was a typical miser: spending nothing he could save, nor enjoying his wealth.
  • […] a poore virgin ſir, an il-fauor’d thing ſir, but mine owne, a poore humour of mine ſir, to take that that no man elſe will: rich honeſtie dwels like a miſer ſir, in a poore houſe, as your Pearle in your foule oyſter.

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