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irenical

adj

Etymology

From irenic + -al (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’).

  1. derived from *werh₁-✻ — “to say, speak”
  2. derived from *ser-✻ — “(verb) to bind, tie together; (noun) thread”
  3. derived from εἰρηνικός — “characterized by peace, peaceful”
  4. suffixed as irenical — “irenic + al”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of irenic (“promoting or fitted to promote peace, especially over disputes

    Synonym of irenic (“promoting or fitted to promote peace, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful”).

    • [Andrew Marvell's] irenical moral is the interdependence, if insurmountable quarrelsomeness, of both elements in man's divided nature, rather as in a stormy marriage.

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