gramercy

alternative gra'mercy · alternative gra-mercy · alternative grand mercy

1. archaicUsed as an expression of gratitude: thanks; many thanks.

   "Gramercy! good fellow," cried Prince John, "thou pleasest me—Here, Isaac, lend me a handful of byzants."

   1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VIII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 155

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   Gramércy, liegé King, / This is to me a comforting: / I tell you sickerly / For to have land or lede / Or other riches, so God me speed, / It is too much for me.

   [late 14th – early 15th century, “Transition English: From the Conquest to Chaucer.—a.d. 1666 to a.d. 1352 [Sir Cleges.]”, in Henry Morley, editor, Shorter English Poems (Cassell’s Library of English Literature), London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], published c. 1870s, →OCLC, page 28, column 2, lines 409–412

   Synonyms: beauty, cheers, chur, gracias, h/t, hat tip, many thanks, shoutout

2. archaicUsed as an exclamation expressing surprise or sudden strong feelings.

   Synonyms: adzooks, ay, caramba, mirabile dictu, chihuahua, begorra, bleeding heck, bleeding Nora

plural gramercies · alternative gra'mercy · alternative gra-mercy · alternative grand mercy

1. archaiccountableuncountableThanks.

1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Gramercy Park