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English
Etymology
From Latin meracus, from merus (“pure, inmixed”).
Adjective
meracious (comparative more meracious, superlative most meracious)
- (obsolete) Without mixture or adulteration; strong; racy.
1657, Thomas Reeve, God's plea for Nineveh:we must drink of the sweet, and it is well, if any thing be dulcy, and meracious enough for us; it must not onely take away thirst, but satisfie the taste, not onely refrigerate, but inebriate.
1820, The Pilgrim of the Rock, a Poem in Three Cantos, page 65:Her charms were now unfolded to my view, Meracious beauties, prottypes of grace;
1842 October, “Ahasuerus. A Poem. By a Virginian”, in The Southern Quarterly Review, volume 2, number 4, page 314:We are glad to see this theme,—superstitious as it is,—made the subject of a poem, by an American; and confidently predict, that the bold meracious style , which dignifies this first attempt, is sure to be followed by some brighter wreath of Poesy .
2011, Winthrop Packard, Forests and Fields Through the Year, page 343:So with the fruit, the rich flavor of the white oak acorns is inviting, the meracious bitterness of the others is repellent.