English Explanatory Dictionary

mizeria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Polish cucumber salad with sour cream.

Word forms

mizeria

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish mizeria (“squalor”), due to the salad's low-class origin. Doublet of misère and misery.

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