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"MISERS" is a plural of: miser. |
Date "MISERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Misers The most renowned are:- (1) Baron Aguilar or Ephraim Lopes Pereira d'Aguilar, born at Vienna and died at Islington, worth 200,000. (1740-1802.) (2) Daniel Dancer. His sister lived with him, and was a similar character, but died before him. (1716-1794.) (3) Colonel O'Dogherty, though owner of large estates, lived in a windowless hut, which he entered by a ladder that he pulled up after him. His horse was mere skin and bone. He wore an old night-cap for wig, and an old brimless hat. His clothes were made up of patches, and his general appearance was that of extreme destitution. (4) Sir Harvey Elwes, who died worth 250,000, but never spent more than 110 a year. His sister-in-law inherited 100,000, but actually starved herself to death. Her son John, M.P., an eminent brewer in Southwark, never bought any clothes, never suffered his shoes to be cleaned, and grudged every penny spent in food. (1714-1789.) (5) Foscue, farmer-general of Languedoc, who hoarded his money in a secret cellar, where he was found dead. (6) Thomas Guy, founder of Guy's Hospital. (1644-1724.) (7) Vulture Hopkins. (8) Dick Jarrett died worth 10,000, but his annual expenses never exceeded 6. The beer brewed at his christening was drunk at his funeral. (9) Messrs. Jardin, of Cambridge. (10) William Jennings, a neighbour and friend of Elwes, died worth 200,000. (1701-1797.) (11) The Rev.- Jonas, of Blewbury. (12) John Little left behind him 40,000, 180 wigs, 173 pairs of breeches, and an endless variety of other articles of clothing. His physician ordered him to drink a little wine for his health's sake, but he died in the act of drawing the cork of a bottle. (13) Ostervald, the French banker, who died of starvation in 1790, possessed of 120,000. (14) John Overs, a Southwark ferryman. (15) The King of Patterdale, whose income was 800 a year, but his expenses never exceeded 30. He lived at the head of Lake Ulleswater. His last words were, "What a fortune a man might make if he lived to the age of Methuselah!" He died at the age of eighty-nine. (16) Guy Wilcocks, a female miser. (See Euclio, Harpagon, etc.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: MISERS |
| Specialty definitions using "MISERS": Miser ♦ Scobellum. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Laurence Sterne | People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy. |
Pietro Aretino | I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "MISERS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "MISERS" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "MISERS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | Geizkragen (meanie, miser, skinflint, tightwad), Geizhälse (niggards, scrooges). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isersmay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "MISERS": atomisers, compromisers, promisers, surmisers. (additional references) | |
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"MISERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: masiers, massers, Mazeres, mazers, meisr, messers, Mieres, mimers, Misees, misels, Misera, misere, miseri, miseris, miserys, mises, Misir, miskr, Misner, misor, misr, misrel, missers, misuer, mizer, msrs, mssers, musers, Musurus, myser, Mysids, nisyros. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: remiss. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: emirs, mires, miser, mises, rimes, rises, seism, semis, sires. | |
-2 letters: emir, ires, isms, mess, mire, mirs, mise, miss, reis, rems, rime, rims, rise, seis, semi, sers, sims, sire, sirs, sris. | |
-3 letters: ems, ers, ess, ire, ism, mir, mis, rei, rem, res, rim, sei, ser, sim, sir, sis, sri. | |
-4 letters: em, er, es, is, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: impress, isomers, kirmess, massier, merises, merisis, messier, misters, misuser, mossier, mussier, premiss, remises, rimless, simmers, simpers, smilers, smiters, spirems, surmise, verisms. | |
+2 letters: asterism, brimless, dermises, emissary, emprises, erotisms, firmness, gisarmes, grimness, heroisms, immerses, imposers, impresas, impreses, imprests, kermises, marishes, metrists, minsters, miriness, misavers, misdoers, miseries, misfires, mishears, misparse, misraise, misrates, misreads, misrules, missteer, misterms, mistress, misusers, morrises, mortises, ogreisms, pismires, premises, primness, primuses, promises, realisms, remissly, riminess, seminars, semipros, seriemas, shimmers, skimmers, slimmers, slimsier, smarties, smirches, smirkers, smithers, spiremes, surmised, surmiser, surmises, swimmers, trimness, trisemes, trisomes, verismos. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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