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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Misery \Mi"ser*y\, noun; pl. {Miseries}. [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. mis['e]re, OF. also, miserie.]
1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. --Chaucer.
Destruction and misery are in their ways. --Rom. iii. 16.
2. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. --Shak.
3. Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obs.]
Syn: Wretchedness; torture; agony; torment; anguish; distress; calamity; misfortune.
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