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mis·er·y (mĭźə-rē)

[Middle English miserie, from Old French, from Latin miseria, from miser, wretched.]

noun: pl., -ies. 

    1. The state of suffering and want as a result of physical circumstances or extreme poverty.
    2. Mental or emotional unhappiness or distress: “Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances” (Martha Washington)
  2. A cause or source of suffering.
  3. Informal A physical ache or ailment.