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merciable

merciable adjective: merciful.

Adjective

merciable (comparative more merciable, superlative most merciable)

  1. (obsolete) merciful
    • He is so meeke , wife , and merciable ,
      And with his word his work is convenable1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Synonyms of merciable

Forms of merciable

comparativemore merciable
superlativemost merciable

Origin of merciable

From Old French [Term?].

Questions about merciable

What does merciable mean?
Merciable means merciful.
What part of speech is merciable?
Merciable is an adjective.

Words near merciable in the dictionary

  1. merching
  2. Merchiston
  3. merci
  4. merci buckets
  5. Mercia
  6. merciable
  7. Mercian
  8. Mercians
  9. mercie
  10. mercied
  11. Mercier

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