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”)

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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “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