miseri

Miseri is a term used in Italian with related grammatical and semantic senses. As an adjective, miseri is the masculine plural form of misero, meaning poor, wretched, or pitiable. The feminine plural is misere, and the singular forms are misero (masc.) and misera (fem.). The word can describe people, situations, or conditions that are harsh or unfortunate, ranging from material poverty to figurative misery.

As a noun, the masculine plural i miseri can refer collectively to people who are poor or wretched. This usage is more literary or historical and is less common in everyday speech, but it appears in classical or documentary contexts to denote a group marked by hardship.

Etymology and cognates trace miseri to the Latin miser, meaning miserable or pitiable. The term sits within a family of Romance-language words that express poverty or misery, though exact forms vary by language.

Other uses: Miseri also appears as a surname of Italian origin. In genealogical and regional records, it may be found as a family name across Italian-speaking communities.

See also: miseria, the related noun meaning misery or poverty, and miserabilità, a term occasionally used to denote misery or miserliness in a broader sense.