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misericorde

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-eri-corde
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act of clemency; pity, mercy.

Obsolete

noun

Alternative form of misericord

Etymology

Established 1200–50 from Middle English misericorde (“an act of clemency”), from Middle French [Term?], from Latin misericordia (“pity”).

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Inflected Forms

misericordes (plural)

Questions

What does misericorde mean?
An act of clemency; pity, mercy.
Where does misericorde come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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