Misericordia
(||Mis`e*ri*cor"di*a) n. [L., mercy, compassion; miser wretched + cor, cordis, heart.]
1. (O. Law) An amercement. Burrill.
2. (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death
wound or "mercy" stroke to a fallen adversary.
3. (Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. Shipley.
Miserly
(Mi"ser*ly) a. [From Miser.] Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Syn. — Avaricious; niggardly; sordid; parsimonious; penurious; covetous; stingy; mean. See Avaricious.
Misery
(Mi"ser*y) n.; pl. Miseries [OE. miserie, L. miseria, fr. miser wretched: cf. F. misère, 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.
Misesteem
(Mis`es*teem") n. [Cf. F. mésestime.] Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
Misestimate
(Mis*es"ti*mate) v. t. To estimate erroneously. J. S. Mill.
Misexplanation
(Mis*ex`pla*na"tion) n. An erroneous explanation.
Misexplication
(Mis*ex`pli*ca"tion) n. Wrong explication.
Misexposition
(Mis*ex`po*si"tion) n. Wrong exposition.
Misexpound
(Mis`ex*pound") v. t. To expound erroneously.
Misexpression
(Mis`ex*pres"sion) n. Wrong expression.
Misfaith
(Mis*faith") n. Want of faith; distrust. "[Anger] born of your misfaith." Tennyson.
Misfall
(Mis*fall") v. t. [imp. Misfell; p. p. Misfallen ; p. pr. & vb. n. Misfalling.] To befall, as ill
luck; to happen to unluckily. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Misfare
(Mis*fare") v. i. [AS. misfaran.] To fare ill. [Obs.] — n. Misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser.
Misfashion
(Mis*fash"ion) v. t. To form wrongly.
Misfeasance
(Mis*fea"sance) n. [OF. pref. mes- wrong (L. minus less) + faisance doing, fr. faire to
do, L. facere. Cf. Malfeasance.] (Law) A trespass; a wrong done; the improper doing of an act which
a person might lawfully do. Bouvier. Wharton.
Misfeature
(Mis*fea"ture) n. Ill feature. [R.] Keats.
Misfeeling
(Mis*feel"ing) a. Insensate. [Obs.] Wyclif.
