merciable

English

Etymology

From Old French [Term?].

Adjective

merciable (comparative more merciable, superlative most merciable)

1. (obsolete) merciful
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

     He is so meeke , wife , and merciable ,
     And with his word his work is convenable

References

• “merciable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.