miserabile

Italian (Fiorentino)

adj
Definitions
  • (literary) Worthy of pity or compassion.
  • Pitiful due to poverty, squalor or desolation.
  • miserable, poor, destitute
  • (by extension) dirty, squalid
  • (derogatory) wretched, contemptible, despicable
  • meager, paltry, worthless

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin miserābilis suf from Italian misero (bleak, unhappy).

Origin

Italian (Fiorentino)

misero

Gloss

bleak, unhappy

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