irenical

English

Etymology

From irenic.

Adjective

irenical (comparative more irenical, superlative most irenical)

1. Peaceful, conciliatory; promoting peace, especially over theological or ecclesiastical disputes.
   • 2003: [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. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 40)

Translations

peaceful

• French: irénique (fr)
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References

• “irenical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.