miserly
/ˈmaɪzəli/MIGH-zur-lee
/ˈmaɪzɚli/MIGH-zur-lee
Meaninglike a miser
Common meaning: mean with money
- miserwretched, pitiableLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1150 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinmiser‘wretched, pitiable’
- Englishmiser‘one who hoards money’
- Englishformed in English from misermiserly‘mean with money’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from miser + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MISER, p.371 · scan
Roots
- miser Latin “wretched, pitiable”
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