gramercy interjection & noun. [grǝ'mǝ:si] arch. ME.
[Old French grant merci (God give you) great reward: see GRAND adjective¹, MERCY.]
A. interjection.
1. Thank you kindly. Formerly also gramercies. ME.
■ R. H. Barham Gramercy for thy benison!
b. Foll. by dat. of agent or instrument, later to: by the instrumentality of, thanks to. LME-M18.

2. As an exclam. of surprise: mercy on us! E17.
■ Coleridge Gramercy! They for joy did grin.
b. noun. An expression of thanks. Now rare or obsolete. L15.

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