gramercyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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."

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.