mizeria

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noun

A Polish cucumber salad with sour cream.

OriginPolish mizeria →
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Meanings

nounmizeria (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Polish cucumber salad with sour cream.

Origin

  1. Polishmizeria“squalor”
  2. Englishmizeria

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

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APA

mizeria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mizeria

MLA

“mizeria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mizeria. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mizeria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mizeria.

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