Gramercyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Middle English gramerci, from Old French grant merci “great thanks.”

間投詞

gramercy

1. (archaic) Thanks; many thanks; an expression of gratitude.
2. (archaic) Used as an exclamation expressing surprise or sudden strong feelings.

名詞

gramercy (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Thanks.

語源

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

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈmɝ.si/, /ˈɡɹæm.ɚ.si/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈmɜː.si/, /ˈɡɹæm.ə.si/
• ハイフネーション: gra‧mer‧cy
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)si

間投詞

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 913043678, lines 409–412, page 28, column 2:

     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.]

   • 1820, Walter Scott, chapter VIII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 230694662, page 155:

     "Gramercy! good fellow," cried Prince John, "thou pleasest me—Here, Isaac, lend me a handful of byzants."