Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

miser

/ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)/ noun, proper noun

Forms misers

  1. noun (derogatory) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious. “Scrooge was a typical miser: spending nothing he could save, nor enjoying his wealth.”
  2. noun (obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.
  3. noun A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.
  4. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

carl cheapass cheapie cheapskate cheapo churl clutchfist el cheapo last of the big spenders magpie moneygrubber muckworm nickel nurser nig niggard nigon nipcheese nipfarthing penny-father penny pincher

Antonyms

big spender dingthrift neve overspender prodigal profligate saprophage scattergood slipstring slipthrift sparkler spend-all

Etymology

From Middle English misser, from Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A wretched person; a person afflicted by any great misfortune.
  2. noun A despicable person; a wretch. [Obs.] Shak.

Etymology [L. miser wretched, miserable; cf. Gr. misero wretched, avaricious.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “miser”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “miser” (best matches first).