miser
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thumb|A detail from ''L'Avaro'', a print by Antonio Piccinni (1878)
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- Subclass of
- pejorative
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- Maria Fyodorovna-Miser.jpg
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- Commons category
- Misers
- has characteristic
- parsimony
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Accounting for misers
- Misers in literature
- Fables
- Poetry
- Broadside ballads
- Drama
- Fiction
- Misers in art
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thumb|A detail from ''L'Avaro'', a print by Antonio Piccinni (1878)
A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions. Although the word is sometimes used loosely to characterise anyone who is mean with their money, if such behaviour is not accompanied by taking delight in what is saved, it is not properly miserly.
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