misericordiousadj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪzərɪˈkɔːdɪəs/, U.S.

/ˌmɪzərɪˈkɔrdiəs/

Forms: late Middle English mysericordyous, late Middle English–1500s myserycordyous, 1600s misericordious.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French miséricordieux; Latin misericordiosus.

Etymology: < Middle French, French miséricordieux (Anglo-Norman and Old French misericordios , misericordious (12th cent.)) and its etymon post-classical Latin misericordiosus (11th cent.; 1370 in a British source) < classical Latin misericordia (see misericord n.) + -ōsus -ous suffix.

Now rare (poetic).

Compassionate, merciful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > merciful

mild-hearteOE

orefulOE

mild-hearteda1200

merciablec1225

milcefulc1225

mildfulc1225

mildheartfulc1225

milthc1300

merciful1340

milfulc1425

sparingc1480

clement1483

misericordious1483

misericordc1485

undispiteous1598

misericorsa1600

remissful1603

clementious1632

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton e iiij b Yf he neuer pardonned..he shold not seme to be myserycordyous ne mercyful.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 313 There nys so grete a synnar in the world but that is more piteable & mysericordyous whan the synnar repenteth hym..of his..synne.

1528 Sheph. Kal. xiv. L j b By youre myserycordyous pyteye.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 91 The misericordious Justice of God.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. iii. 79 That misericordious Goodnesse from whom I have so often petition'd you.

1917 G. Saintsbury Hist. of French Novel ix. 291 An accepted lover had to carry on his courtship under the very superfluous number of six eyes at least. But the Church was misericordious.

1957 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Battle Continues 33 Our art is not to be Misericordious, toothless, pacifist, but the art of full-blooded men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	misericordious
释义	misericordiousadj. Brit. /ˌmɪzərɪˈkɔːdɪəs/, U.S. /ˌmɪzərɪˈkɔrdiəs/ Forms: late Middle English mysericordyous, late Middle English–1500s myserycordyous, 1600s misericordious. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French miséricordieux; Latin misericordiosus. Etymology: < Middle French, French miséricordieux (Anglo-Norman and Old French misericordios , misericordious (12th cent.)) and its etymon post-classical Latin misericordiosus (11th cent.; 1370 in a British source) < classical Latin misericordia (see misericord n.) + -ōsus -ous suffix. Now rare (poetic). Compassionate, merciful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > merciful mild-hearteOE orefulOE mild-hearteda1200 merciablec1225 milcefulc1225 mildfulc1225 mildheartfulc1225 milthc1300 merciful1340 milfulc1425 sparingc1480 clement1483 misericordious1483 misericordc1485 undispiteous1598 misericorsa1600 remissful1603 clementious1632 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton e iiij b Yf he neuer pardonned..he shold not seme to be myserycordyous ne mercyful. c1500 Melusine (1895) 313 There nys so grete a synnar in the world but that is more piteable & mysericordyous whan the synnar repenteth hym..of his..synne. 1528 Sheph. Kal. xiv. L j b By youre myserycordyous pyteye. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 91 The misericordious Justice of God. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. iii. 79 That misericordious Goodnesse from whom I have so often petition'd you. 1917 G. Saintsbury Hist. of French Novel ix. 291 An accepted lover had to carry on his courtship under the very superfluous number of six eyes at least. But the Church was misericordious. 1957 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Battle Continues 33 Our art is not to be Misericordious, toothless, pacifist, but the art of full-blooded men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1483
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