gramercy

[gruh-mur-see]

interjection

1. Archaic.,  (used as an exclamation expressing surprise or sudden strong feeling.)

noun

1. Obsolete.,  thanks.

gramercy

/ ɡrəˈmɜːsɪ /

interjection

1. many thanks

2. an expression of surprise, wonder, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of gramercy¹

1300–50; Middle English gramerci, grantmerci < Old French grand merci great thanks. See grand, mercy

Word History and Origins

Origin of gramercy¹

C13: from Old French grand merci great thanks

Example Sentences

By the time 44-year-old Marvin Gaye moved into the big, rambling house with his parents on South Gramercy Place, his cocaine habit was severe and his paranoia was deep.

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The date was set later, added in a burst of inspiration while enjoying the serene garden of her Gramercy Park postwar apartment.

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Season 3 introduces Carrie’s prewar apartment in Gramercy Park as the elegant newcomer to the “And Just Like That” band.

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“That’s the magic of this home,” she said as her 2-year-old British shorthair cat, Zuse, curled up elegantly on a velvet chair she purchased at the Gramercy Park Hotel liquidation sale.

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The deadly encounter with Yang began after a Los Angeles County mental health clinician summoned police to the family’s second-story apartment in the 400 block of South Gramercy Place.

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Related Words

• gratitude 
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