miserabile
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin miserābilis, derived from miseror (“to have pity”). By surface analysis, misero + -abile. Doublet of miserevole.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]miserabile (plural miserabili)
- (literary) worthy of pity or compassion
- pitiful due to poverty, squalor or desolation
- Synonyms: (literary) commiserabile, (literary) commiserevole, (literary) miserando, miserevole, misero, povero
- miserable, poor, destitute
- (by extension) dirty, squalid
- (derogatory) wretched, contemptible, despicable
- meager, paltry, worthless
- Synonyms: esiguo, gramo, inadeguato, inconsistente, insufficiente, irrisorio, magro, misero, scarso, striminzito
- Antonyms: abbondante, congruo, copioso, cospicuo, (literary) dovizioso, lauto
Noun
[edit]miserabile m or f by sense (plural miserabili)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- miserabile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]miserābile
References
[edit]- “miserabile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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