单词 | unpeace |
释义 | unpeacen. Now somewhat archaic. Lack of peace; unrest, discord, disquiet. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [noun] unfritheOE unpeacea1325 unresta1382 hurling1387 tumult1412 hurlc1440 hurly-burlyc1440 unquietness?c1450 unpeaceableness?c1475 estoure1481 broilery1521 broiling1523 turmoil1526 brulyie1531 unquiet1551 troublesomeness1561 disrest1567 turbulence1598 hurly1600 turbulency1607 inquieta1684 brulyiement1718 agitation1769 dispeace1825 fudder1871 push and shove1895 a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) l. 1389 (MED) Wer astou ben, among vn pees [a1450 Cambr. Dd.1.1 a mong þi foos] Sithen to dai þat þou ros? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23325 Þei shul haue þe more vnpes [a1400 Vesp. þe sorfuller sal be] Þat þei haue lost hit [sc. blis] endeles. 1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) v. xvii. sig. qiiiiv/2 He bad them absteyne them from all tokenes of vnpacience of vnpees: and of crueltye. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. i. 8 Alas, we may warrie wikkyd pride... We held with hym ther he saide leasse, And therfor haue we all vnpeasse. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Love in W. W. Skeat Chaucerian & Other Pieces (1897) 97 How shulde ever goodnesse of pees have ben knowe but-if unpees somtyme reigne? 1849 Boston Courier 16 July Those professors of fraternity..have for seven weeks past brought unpeace, bloodshed and devastation. 1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd ii. 89 Where unpeace and troubles and the griefs of the soul abide. 1906 M. Cholmondeley Prisoners vi. 57 There is an unpeace which passes understanding also. 2006 New Yorker 16 Jan. 63/1 For peace, send all human males between Fourteen and twenty-five to school On the Moon... But women too are capable of Unpeace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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