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单词 miserliness
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miserlinessn.

Brit. /ˈmʌɪzəlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmaɪzərlinᵻs/
Forms: 1600s miserlinesse, 1800s– miserliness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: miserly adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < miserly adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality or condition of being miserly; niggardliness, meanness, parsimoniousness.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > miserliness
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muckeringc1430
gnedeshipc1480
wretchedness1488
miserableness1522
misery1531
snudging1553
sordidity1584
snudgery1599
miserliness1645
nabalism1853
miserhood1867
miserdom1887
1645 J. Ussher Body of Divinitie 304 Frugality without liberality [degenerateth] into sordid miserlinesse.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. xii. 227 In old-fashioned times, an ‘independence’ was hardly ever made without a little miserliness.
1865 G. H. Lewes in Fortn. Rev. 2 692 Economy is rejection of whatever is superfluous; it is not Miserliness.
1958 R. K. Narayan Guide v. 66 He'd suddenly show every symptom of miserliness and behave like an auditor.
1989 A. C. Amor William Holman Hunt vi. 91 He quickly gained a reputation among the Brothers for miserliness and hard bargaining.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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