meracious

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adjective

Without mixture or adulteration; strong; racy.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivemeracious (comparative more meracious, superlative most meracious)

comparative more meracious · superlative most meracious

  1. obsoleteWithout mixture or adulteration; strong; racy.

    Her charms were now unfolded to my view, Meracious beauties, prottypes of grace;

    1820, The Pilgrim of the Rock, a Poem in Three Cantos, page 65
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    we must drink of the sweet, and it is well, if any thing be dulcy, and meracious enough for us; it must not onely take away thirst, but satisfie the taste, not onely refrigerate, but inebriate.

    1657, Thomas Reeve, God's plea for Nineveh

    We are glad to see this theme,—superstitious as it is,—made the subject of a poem, by an American; and confidently predict, that the bold meracious style , which dignifies this first attempt, is sure to be followed by some brighter wreath of Poesy .

    1842 October, “Ahasuerus. A Poem. By a Virginian”, in The Southern Quarterly Review, volume 2, number 4, page 314

    So with the fruit, the rich flavor of the white oak acorns is inviting, the meracious bitterness of the others is repellent.

    2011, Winthrop Packard, Forests and Fields Through the Year, page 343

Origin

  1. Latinmeracus
  2. Englishmeracious

From Latin meracus, from merus (“pure, inmixed”).

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