请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 peaceability
释义

peaceabilityn.

Brit. /ˌpiːsəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpisəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Forms: Middle English peasibylite, Middle English pesabilyte, Middle English pesibelte, Middle English pesibilte, Middle English pesiblete, Middle English pesibletee, Middle English pesyblete, 1700s– peaceability. N.E.D. (1904) also records a form Middle English peasabilyte.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Probably also partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French paisibleté , paisibilité ; peaceable adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: In early use < Anglo-Norman paisibleté, peisibleté, pesibleté and Middle French paisibleté (c1120 in Old French; French paisibilité) < paisible peaceable adj. + -eté -ity suffix; in later use probably independently < peaceable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare Old Occitan pazibletat (13th cent. in an isolated attestation). Compare slightly earlier peaceableness n.
= peaceableness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun]
resteOE
peacea1225
egalityc1374
tranquillityc1374
peaceabilityc1384
sobernessc1384
tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
evenheadc1440
equalitya1475
equability1531
sobermood1556
calmness1561
evenness1561
serenity1599
collection1602
equilibrium1608
calm1609
temperateness1609
composedness1611
recollection1611
temper1611
unpassionateness1611
placidity1619
sereneness1628
attemperature1635
quietationa1639
equableness1641
steadiness1642
sedateness1647
imperturbation1648
placidness1654
centredness1662
equanimity1663
composure1667
serenitude1672
equalness1675
unperturbedness1676
dispassion1690
quietism1735
serene1744
relaxednessa1750
self-composure1762
sober-mindedness1767
collectedness1789
unprovokedness1795
comfortableness1815
repose1815
levelness1824
dispassionateness1842
unruffledness1858
passionlessness1867
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > calm weather > condition of
peaceabilityc1384
calm1393
serenitya1538
calmness1574
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ii. 23 The Lord maad helpful to hem with al pesibletee [a1425 L.V. pesiblete; L. tranquillitate].
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke viii. 24 The tempest..ceesside, and pesyblete [a1425 L.V. pesibilte; L. tranquillitas] was maad.
1494 W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (de Worde) ii. xxxviii Vertues of pacyence & myldenes peasibylite and louered to his euencrysten.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 114 (MED) Many heres and softe bytoknys pesabilyte [L. mansuetudinem] and coldnesse of þe brayn.
1787 Deb. Parl. Bill to prevent Tumultuous Risings & Assemblies 70 If the North was excluded it would hold out the highest encouragement to peaceability and decorous demeanor to the inhabitants of the South.
1851 E. Leslie Maid of Canal Street 46 Lodgings..where she could be comfortable for the summer, and have good air and good victuals, and peaceability.
1922 P. A. Rollins Cowboy 54 If only Westerners were auditors, Jim soon would quit his rating, go to sleep, and snore himself to peaceability.
1996 T. Fleming in B. Schissel & L. Mahood Social Control in Canada xiv. 329 This explanation of the situation, while offering political reassurance about the peaceability of Black protesters, does not explain the riot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.c1384
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/7 12:14:21