misable

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

misable (comparative more misable, superlative most misable)

1. Able to dissolve; soluble
   • 1984, James T. Hartford, Thaddeus Samorajski, Alcoholism in the elderly: social and biomedical issues, page 153:

     The polarity of the ethanol molecule makes ethanol water misable, but not fat misable.

   • 1995, Proceedings, SPE/EPA Exploration & Production Environmental Conference:

     Column studies have demonstrated the advantage of using misable solvents over surfactants.

   • 2004, Karl J. Puttlitz, Kathleen A. Stalter, Handbook of Lead-Free Solder Technology for Microelectronic Assemblies, →ISBN:

     Also, as indicated by the phase diagram, Au and Ni are mutually misable in each other, so any dissolved Au precipitates out and is thought to diffuse to the interface during aging to create a more thermally stable configuration [60].

Etymology 2

Adjective

misable (comparative more misable, superlative most misable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of miserable.
   • 1852, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale about Life Among the Lowly, page 449:

     "O, don't--oh, ye mustn't l” said Tom, grasping his hand; “he's a poor misable crittur ! it's wrul to hink on't! O, if he only could repent, the Lord would forgive him now! but I'm 'feared he never will!"

   • 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

     But the king he only looked sorrowful, and says: "Gentlemen, I wish the money was there, for I ain't got no disposition to throw anything in the way of a fair, open, out-and-out investigation o' this misable business; but alas, the money ain't there; you k'n send and see, if you want to."

   • 1999, J. California Cooper, The Wake of the Wind, →ISBN, page 156:

     Mor sat on the edge of the bed, “Lifee, baby, it was a time I was so alone I was misable and dint know it. That's misable sides bein a slave..."

Anagrams

• Lambies, ableism, lambies