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merciful

mer·ci·ful

Today it means: Showing mercy. Full definition →

Middle English merciful

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Middle English · inherited frommerciful
English todaymerciful

From Middle English merciful, mercyful, equivalent to mercy + -ful. Displaced native Old English mildheort.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.