miserere

From Middle English miserere, a borrowing from Latin miserēre (“have pity”), first word of the 51st Psalm (50th in the older Greek and Latin numbering), translating Ancient Greek ἐλέησον (eléēson) and Biblical Hebrew חָנֵּנִי (ḥānnēnî), inflected form of חָנַן (ḥānan, “have mercy”).

miserere

1. Alternative letter-case form of Miserere (“the 51st/50th Psalm”)
   • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book X. Holy week.] Chap[ter] IV.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 47:

     The miserere, that is to say, have mercy on us, is a psalm, composed of stanzas, which are sung alternately in a very different manner.

miserere (plural misereres)

1. An expression of lamentation or complaint.
2. A medieval dagger, used for the mercy stroke to a wounded foe; misericord.
3. (architecture) A small projecting boss or bracket on the underside of the hinged seat of a church stall, intended to give some support to a standing worshipper when the seat is turned up; a misericord.
4. Ileus.

• “miserere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “miserere”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “miserere”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Borrowed from Latin miserēre (literally “have mercy!”), second-person singular active imperative form of miseror.

• IPA^(key): /mi.zeˈrɛ.re/
• Rhymes: -ɛre
• Hyphenation: mi‧se‧rè‧re

miserere m (invariable)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Miserere (51^st psalm)
2. miserere (expression of lamentation or complaint)

miserere!

1. (now only humorous) used as a second-person imperative form: Have mercy!

• miserere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• riemerse

miserēre

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of miseror
2. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of miserō
3. present active infinitive of miseret
4. inflection of misereō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
5. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of misereor