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merciless (iou) and Eleusinian (iou)


merciless (iou)



merciless adjective & adverb. LME.
[from MERCY + -LESS.]
A. adjective.
Without mercy; showing no mercy; pitiless, unrelenting. LME.
L. Stephen A doggrel epitaph..turned his fine phrases into merciless ridicule. A. Hutschnecker The merciless demands of reality. U. Bentley A merciless creature, glorying in the heartache of her rivals.
Obtaining no mercy. LME-M16.
B. adverb. Mercilessly. LME-M16.
mercilessly adverb E17.
mercilessness noun L16.

Eleusinian (iou)



Eleusinian adjective. M17.
[from Latin Eleusinius adjective (from Greek Eleusinios) + -AN.]
Belonging to Eleusis, a village near Athens which in classical times was a town famous for its cult of the corn goddess Demeter.
Eleusinian mysteries the ritual celebrations that were held annually at Eleusis in honour of Demeter.