Webster's Dictionary 1913

3754

Misentry

Mis‐en″try (?), n. An erroneous entry or charge, as of an account.

3755

Miser

Mi″ser (mī″zẽr), n. [L. miser wretched, miserable; cf. Gr. μι̑σοσ hate, μισει̑ν to hate: cf. It. & Sp. misero wretched, avaricious.]1. A wretched person; a person afflicted by a...

3756

Miserable

Mis″er‐a‐ble (?), a. [F. misérable, L. miserabilis, fr. miserari to lament, pity, fr. miser wretched. See Miser.]1. Very unhappy; wretched.What hopes delude thee, miserable man?...

3757

Miserable (2)

Mis″er‐a‐ble, n. A miserable person. Sterne.

3758

Miserableness

Mis″er‐a‐ble‐ness, n. The state or quality of being miserable.

3759

Miserably

Mis″er‐a‐bly, adv. In a miserable; unhappily; calamitously; wretchedly; meanly.They were miserably entertained. Sir P. Sidney.The fifth was miserably stabbed to death. South.

3760

Miseration

Mis′er‐a″tion (?), n. Commiseration.

3761

Miserere

‖Mis′e‐re″re (?), n. [L., have mercy, fr. misereri to have mercy, fr. miser. See Miser.]1. (R. C. Ch.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in ...

3762

Misericorde

Mis″er‐i‐corde″ (?), n. [F. miséricorde. See Misericordia.]1. Compassion; pity; mercy.2. (Anc. Armor.) Same as Misericordia, 2.

3763

Misericordia

‖Mis′e‐ri‐cor″di‐a (?), n. [L., mercy, compassion; miser wretched + cor, cordis, heart.]1. (O. Law) An amercement. Burrill.2. (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in t...

3764

Miserly

Mi″ser‐ly (mī″zẽr‐ly̆), a. [From Miser.] Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.Syn. — Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. Se...

3765

Misery

Mi″ser‐y (?), n.; pl.Miseries (#). [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. misère, OF. also, miserie.]1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedne...

3766

Misesteem

Mis′es‐teem″ (?), n. [Cf. F. mésestime.] Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.

3767

Misestimate

Mis‐es″ti‐mate (?), v. t. To estimate erroneously. J. S. Mill.

3768

Misexplanation

Mis‐ex′pla‐na″tion (?), n. An erroneous explanation.

3769

Misexplication

Mis‐ex′pli‐ca″tion (?), n. Wrong explication.

3770

Misexposition

Mis‐ex′po‐si″tion (?), n. Wrong exposition.

3771

Misexpound

Mis′ex‐pound″ (?), v. t. To expound erroneously.

3772

Misexpression

Mis′ex‐pres″sion (?), n. Wrong expression.

3773

Misfaith

Mis‐faith″ (?), n. Want of faith; distrust. “ born of your misfaith.” Tennyson.

3774

Misfall

Mis‐fall″ (?), v. t. [imp.Misfell; p. p.Misfallen (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Misfalling.] To befall, as ill luck; to happen to unluckily. Chaucer.

3775

Misfare

Mis‐fare″ (?), v. i. [AS. misfaran.] To fare ill. — n. Misfortune. Spenser.

3776

Misfashion

Mis‐fash″ion (?), v. t. To form wrongly.

3777

Misfeasance

Mis‐fea″sance (?), n. [OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus less) + faisance doing, fr. faire to do, L. facere. Cf. Malfeasance.] (Law) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of...

3778

Misfeature

Mis‐fea″ture (?), n. Ill feature. Keats.

3779

Misfeeling

Mis‐feel″ing (?), a. Insensate. Wyclif.

3780

Misfeign

Mis‐feign″ (?), v. i. To feign with an evil design. Spenser.