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peaceless, a.|ˈpiːslɪs|
[f. peace n. + -less.]
Devoid of peace; not peaceful; unquiet.
1522Skelton Why not to Court 72 Pratyng for peace peaclesse. 1640G. Sandys Christ's Passion iv. 254 Terrours..affright Our peacelesse souls. 1791J. Learmont Poems 211 In peaceless paths of Sin. 1884M. Rule Pref. Eadmeri Hist. (Rolls) p. cvii, The peaceless peace concluded between king and primate in..1095.
Hence ˈpeacelessness.
1852Meanderings of Mem. I. 20 Coins that were tinkled, ever shook In pouch of peacelessness. 1892S. A. Brooke Short Serm. 70 Anxiety is a fruitful source of peacelessness. |