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mise en scene [mise en scene 词源字典]: 1833, from French mise en scène, literally "setting on the stage," from mise (13c.), literally "a putting, placing," noun use of fem. past participle of mettre "to put, place," from Latin mittere "to send" (see mission).[mise en scene etymology, mise en scene origin, 英语词源]
miseducate (v.): 1790, from mis- (1) + educate (v.). Related: Miseducated; miseducating.
miseducation (n.): "wrong or faulty education," 1620s, from mis- (1) + education.
miser (n.): 1540s, "miserable person, wretch," from Latin miser (adj.) "unhappy, wretched, pitiable, in distress," of unknown origin. Original sense now obsolete; main modern meaning of "money-hoarding person" recorded 1560s, from presumed unhappiness of such people.

Besides general wretchedness, the Latin word connoted also "intense erotic love" (compare slang got it bad "deeply infatuated") and hence was a favorite word of Catullus. In Greek a miser was kyminopristes, literally "a cumin seed splitter." In Modern Greek, he might be called hekentabelones, literally "one who has sixty needles." The German word, filz, literally "felt," preserves the image of the felt slippers which the miser often wore in caricatures. Lettish mantrausis "miser" is literally "money-raker."
miserable (adj.): early 15c., "full of misery, causing wretchedness" (of conditions), from Old French miserable "prone to pity, merciful," and directly from Latin miserabilis "pitiable, miserable, deplorable, lamentable," from miserari "to pity, lament, deplore," from miser "wretched" (see miser). Of persons, "existing in a state of misery" it is attested from 1520s.
miserably (adv.): c. 1400; see miserable + -ly (2).
Miserere (n.): 51st Psalm (one of the Penitential Psalms), 13c., from Miserere mei Deus "Have mercy upon me, O God," opening line, from Latin miserere "feel pity, have compassion, commiserate," imperative of misereri "to have mercy," from miser (see miser). From 15c.-17c. used as an informal measure of time, "the time it takes to recite the Miserere." Also in miserere mei "kind of severe colic ('iliac passion') accompanied by excruciating cramps and vomiting of excrement" (1610s), literally "have mercy on me."
miserly (adj.): 1590s, from miser + -ly (1). Related: Miserliness.
misery (n.): late 14c., "condition of external unhappiness," from Old French misere "miserable situation, misfortune, distress" (12c.), from Latin miseria "wretchedness," from miser (see miser). Meaning "condition of one in great sorrow or mental distress" is from 1530s. Meaning "bodily pain" is 1825, American English.
misestimate (v.): 1778, from mis- (1) + estimate (v.). Related: Misestimated; misestimating.
misfeasance (n.): "wrongful exercise of lawful authority or improper performance of a lawful act," 1590s, from Middle French mesfaisance, from mesfaisant, present participle of Old French mesfaire "to misdo," from mes- "wrongly" (see mis- (2)) + faire "to do," from Latin facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious).
misfield (v.): 1870, from mis- (1) + field (v.) in the sporting sense. Related: Misfielded; misfielding.
misfire (v.): 1752, of a gun, 1905, of an internal combustion engine; see mis- (1) + fire (v.). Related: Misfired; misfiring. The noun is attested from 1839.
misfit (n.): 1823, "garment which does not fit the person for whom it was intended;" see mis- (1) + fit (n.1). Meaning "person who does not fit his environment" is attested from 1880.
misfortune (n.): mid-15c., from mis- (1) + fortune. Related: Misfortunate.
misgiving (n.): c. 1600, "feeling of mistrust or sudden apprehension," verbal noun from misgive "cause to feel doubt" (1510s), usually said of one's heart or mind, from mis- (1) + give (v.) in its secondary Middle English sense of "suggest." Related: Misgivings.
misgovern (v.): c. 1400, from mis- (1) + govern. Related: Misgoverned; misgoverning.
misgovernance (n.): late 14c., from mis- (1) + governance.
misgovernment (n.): late 14c., from mis- (1) + government.
misguidance (n.): 1630s, from mis- (1) + guidance.