page_title: Miser
hierarchical_section_title: Miser
caption_attribution_description: English: A detail from L’Avaro, a print by Antonio Piccinni (1878) in the British Museum
context_page_description: A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions. Although the word is sometimes used loosely to characterise anyone who is mean with their money, if such behaviour is not accompanied by taking delight in what is saved, it is not properly miserly.
  Misers as a type have been a perennial object of popular fascination and a fruitful source for writers and artists in many cultures.
context_section_description: A miser is a person who is reluctant to spend, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities, in order to hoard money or other possessions.  Although the word is sometimes used loosely to characterise anyone who is mean with their money, if such behaviour is not accompanied by taking delight in what is saved, it is not properly miserly.
  Misers as a type have been a perennial object of popular fascination and a fruitful source for writers and artists in many cultures.
caption: A detail from L'Avaro, a print by Antonio Piccinni (1878)
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