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A wretched person; a person afflicted by
any great misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser.

The woeful words of a miser now
despairing.

Sir P. Sidney.

2. A despicable person; a wretch.
[Obs.] Shak.

3. A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp.,
one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and
increasing his hoard.

As some lone miser, visiting his store,

Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er.

Goldsmith.

4. A kind of large earth auger.
Knight.

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?

Dryden.

2. Causing unhappiness or misery.

What 's more miserable than
discontent?

Shak.

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