gramercy

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English gramerci, from Old French grant merci (great thanks).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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gramercy

  1. (archaic) Used as an expression of gratitude: thanks; many thanks.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thank you
    • [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:
      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.
      The spelling was modernized by the editor.]
    • 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:
      "Gramercy! good fellow," cried Prince John, "thou pleasest me—Here, Isaac, lend me a handful of byzants."
  2. (archaic) Used as an exclamation expressing surprise or sudden strong feelings.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wow

Noun

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gramercy (countable and uncountable, plural gramercies)

  1. (archaic) Thanks.