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miserliness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)linəs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English miserly Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English miserliness From miserly + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The property of being miserly: excessive parsimony.
   • Near-synonyms: stinginess, cheapness, tightness
   • Even his amazing miserliness was passed over acceptedly, for of such are the kingdom of shepherd millionaires. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 195:
   • There were enough people in the room who wouldn’t mind seeing Beaufort-Holmes hurt to make the chorus a full and, to the uninitiated ear, good-humoured one. His colleagues wouldn’t mind because of his faith that he was a don, they lecturers or worse, and because of remembered miserlinesses. 1956, W. John Morgan, The Small World, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, page 114:

Forms

Coordinates

frugality · thriftiness · thrift

Relateds

stingy · peniaphobia · cruelty · greed · avarice · frugal · aporophobia

Synonyms

tightness · stinginess · cheapness

Translations (14)

hu fösvénység (property of being miserly) · es tacañería (property of being miserly) · es avaricia (property of being miserly) · yi קמצנות (property of being miserly) · ca mesquineria (property of being miserly) · el τσιγκουνιά (property of being miserly) · fr avarice (property of being miserly) · cy cybydd-dod (property of being miserly) · de Geiz (property of being miserly) · el φιλαργυρία (property of being miserly) · hu fukarság (property of being miserly) · cs lakota (property of being miserly) · ml പിശുക്ക് (property of being miserly) · ca gasiveria (property of being miserly)