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Webster 1913 Edition

Commiserable

Com-mis′er-a-ble

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Adj.
Pitiable.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Commiserable

COMMISERABLE

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Adj.
[See Commiserate.] Deserving of commiseration or pity; pitiable; that may excite sympathy or sorrow.
This commiserable person, Edward.

Definition 2024

commiserable

commiserable

English

Adjective

commiserable ‎(comparative more commiserable, superlative most commiserable)

  1. (obsolete) pitiable
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Etymology

Formed as commiser-, the present active indicative stem of the Latin commiseror (whence commiserate) + English -able. Compare miserable.

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