mercifulnessn.

Brit.

/ˈməːsᵻf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S.

/ˈmərsəfəlnəs/

Forms: late Middle English mercyfulnes, late Middle English–1600s mercifulnes, 1500s mercifulnesse, 1500s mercyfullenesse, 1600s– mercifulness; Scottish pre-1700 mercyfulnes.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merciful adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < merciful adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being merciful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy

milceeOE

mildheartnesseOE

oreOE

mildheartlaikc1175

mercya1225

misericordc1230

pitya1250

gracec1300

mildheadc1300

milcefulnessa1333

pietya1350

tree of mercyc1375

miserationa1382

mildc1390

piteousnessa1393

miltha1400

milthnessa1400

blithec1400

mercifulnessc1429

misericordy1479

mildfulness1489

clemence1490

clemency1553

pardon1555

pitifulness1555

milk of human kindnessa1616

mussy1823

mild-heartedness1849

c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 1017 Haf nowe, lord, mynde of alle thyne olde mercyfullenesse.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 2929 (MED) In ihesu I trust & in his mercyfulnes And drede not to me what doth ony man.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 324 (MED) And forto do, ȝeue, or assigne thilk deeth vsuali and customabili..lettith a man forto haue and kepe with him pitee and mercifulnes.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xii. 1 I beseche you therfore brethren by the mercifulnes of God, that ye make youre bodyes a quicke sacrifise.

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iv. §8. 317 The next enemy to mercifulnes..is Anger.

a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1710) I. 193 The names given in Scripture to it [sc. forgiveness]..Mercifulness to our sins.

1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 44 Recommendation of mercifulness to animals.

a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. (1858) ii. 198 A school of warfare where the razzias of Africa have not taught either scrupulosity or mercifulness.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iii. 167 Blinded by his tears and by the light of God's mercifulness he bent his head.

1991 Representations Summer 77 Mandelstam is here putting forward two alternative modes of fatherly behavior: the eternal vengefulness of Zeus, and the mercifulness of the Christian God.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mercifulness
释义	mercifulnessn. Brit. /ˈməːsᵻf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˈmərsəfəlnəs/ Forms: late Middle English mercyfulnes, late Middle English–1600s mercifulnes, 1500s mercifulnesse, 1500s mercyfullenesse, 1600s– mercifulness; Scottish pre-1700 mercyfulnes. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: merciful adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < merciful adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being merciful. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy milceeOE mildheartnesseOE oreOE mildheartlaikc1175 mercya1225 misericordc1230 pitya1250 gracec1300 mildheadc1300 milcefulnessa1333 pietya1350 tree of mercyc1375 miserationa1382 mildc1390 piteousnessa1393 miltha1400 milthnessa1400 blithec1400 mercifulnessc1429 misericordy1479 mildfulness1489 clemence1490 clemency1553 pardon1555 pitifulness1555 milk of human kindnessa1616 mussy1823 mild-heartedness1849 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 1017 Haf nowe, lord, mynde of alle thyne olde mercyfullenesse. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 2929 (MED) In ihesu I trust & in his mercyfulnes And drede not to me what doth ony man. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 324 (MED) And forto do, ȝeue, or assigne thilk deeth vsuali and customabili..lettith a man forto haue and kepe with him pitee and mercifulnes. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xii. 1 I beseche you therfore brethren by the mercifulnes of God, that ye make youre bodyes a quicke sacrifise. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iv. §8. 317 The next enemy to mercifulnes..is Anger. a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1710) I. 193 The names given in Scripture to it [sc. forgiveness]..Mercifulness to our sins. 1757 J. Dyer Fleece ii. 44 Recommendation of mercifulness to animals. a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. (1858) ii. 198 A school of warfare where the razzias of Africa have not taught either scrupulosity or mercifulness. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iii. 167 Blinded by his tears and by the light of God's mercifulness he bent his head. 1991 Representations Summer 77 Mandelstam is here putting forward two alternative modes of fatherly behavior: the eternal vengefulness of Zeus, and the mercifulness of the Christian God. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1429
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