unmercied
English
Etymology
From un- + mercy + -ed.
Adjective
unmercied (comparative more unmercied, superlative most unmercied)
- (obsolete) unmerciful; merciless
- 1627, Michael Drayton, "The Miseries of Queen Margaret" (1793 reprint page 159):
- Out fly the Irish, and with sword and fire
- Unmercied havoc of the English made
- 1627, Michael Drayton, "The Miseries of Queen Margaret" (1793 reprint page 159):
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unmercied in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)