English Explanatory Dictionary

mercifixion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of mercifying. (Now usually in reference to the treatment of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.)

Word forms

mercifixion

Etymology

Seemingly from mercify by analogy with crucify → crucifixion.

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