Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Misery

Misery , noun

[Old English miserie, Latin miseria, from miser wretched: compare French misère, Old French also, miserie.]

1.
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. — Chaucer
Destruction and misery are in their ways. — Rom. iii. 16
2.
Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. — Shakespeare
3.
Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice. [Obsolete]