Miser

Morpheme

Miser

Type

free base

Denotation

unhappy, wretched, pitiable, distressed

Etymology

Middle English misser; Late Latin miser

Evidence

commiserate, commiserated, commiserates, commiserating, commiseration, immiserate, immiserated, immiserates, immiserating, immiseration, immiserization, immiserize, immiserized, immiserizes, immiserizing, miser, miserabilism, miserabilist, miserability, miserable, miserable, miserableness, miserablism, miserablist, miserdom, miserhood, miserism, miserly, misers, misery, miseryguts, unmiserable

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
misery, misere, and mizeria are doublets