unmerciless
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + merciless (with un- functioning as an intensifier of -less).
Adjective
[edit]unmerciless (comparative more unmerciless, superlative most unmerciless)
- (obsolete) Utterly merciless.
- 1545, George Joye, The exposicion of Daniel the Prophete […] :
- Now ye see […] their deceites, vnmerciles murther, and ingratitude.
References
[edit]- “unmerciless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.