单词 | unpeaceable |
释义 | unpeaceableadj. Now somewhat rare. 1. Of a person: not disposed to peace; restless, argumentative, disruptive. Also (of an action, intention, etc.): involving or tending towards aggression, argument, or conflict. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [adjective] > specifically of persons > and troublesome inquietc1384 unpeaceablec1384 unquietc1384 nidging1796 tewsome1828 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > characterized by unpeaceablec1384 contentiousc1430 battlefulc1449 sturtful1568 bateful1582 wrestlinga1593 militant1603 concertative1727 adversarial1839 adversative1849 conflictual1961 fuck you1962 confrontational1975 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [adjective] > engaging in controversy, disputatious unpeaceablec1384 disputative1579 disputablea1616 disputeful1631 controversial1638 controversal1641 obstreperous1641 contradictive1643 disputing1645 controverting1646 chop-logicala1652 disputatious1660 argumentative1667 argumentive1668 disputant1671 contradictiousa1677 disceptatious1682 obstropolous1727 disceptatorial1821 contradictory1891 backtalking1938 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) James iii. 8 The tunge..is an vnquyet, or vnpesible, yuel thing [L. inquietum malum]. a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 52 Lest he schold be accused..as wykked and vnpeysible. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 94v (MED) Vn Peseabill, infestus..Inquietus, contenciosus, Impacificus. ?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. sig. E.viv What warres..hath this foule and vnpeaceable woman brought to passe in oure times? 1630 T. Taylor Progresse of Saints i. sig. Ee4 Godlinesse makes no man unpeaceable or turbulent. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xviii. 165 Suttle and unpeaceable designes. 1742 I. Stiles Prospect of City of Jerusalem 47 Unpeaceable, Party Spirited Reformers, are dangerous Coals fitted to kindle a destroying Fire in a Place. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives V. 219 His unpeaceable and unsalutary conduct. 1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last i. 25 An unpeaceable and often irrational person. 1911 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 6 May 4/4 To be prepared for war no more meant an unpeaceable disposition than to carry fire insurance meant a special expectation of fire. 1994 Teaching Sociol. 22 99/2 Quinney and Wildeman..have some unpeaceable words for their critics. 2. Characterized by lack of peace; violent, hostile, turbulent. Also in early use (of the sea): †rough, stormy (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > agitated wilda1250 unpeaceablea1398 troubly1398 troubleda1425 trouble1509 working1558 disquiet1587 fretful1616 ruffled1640 fretteda1854 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xxiii. 674 A criynge see and an vnpeisible [L. inquietum] is perilouse. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. ci The lord Scales and his company,..together in an vnpeaceable fury, set on their enemies. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. T Flesshely luste.., yre, pride, and enuie.., wherwith holy men are euer at vnpeasible warre. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. xix. 222 The blessed rest of the Gospell of peace in this warring and vnpeaceable Kingdome. 1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse 55 We..live both in these factious and unpeaceable times. 1766 tr. F. Hasselquist Voy. & Trav. Levant 148 Those of Jerusalem must take heed not to venture too far out into the fields, towards the side of Bethlehem, in unpeaceable times. 1857 C. Burkholder Addr. to Young in Christian Spiritual Conversat. on Saving Faith 204 The kingdom of Satan is an unpeaceable kingdom, it being ever engaged in quarrels and wars. 1952 M. Helm Spring in Spain i. 3 Now, in this unpeaceable time, we were hustled into a taxi, introduced scantily to the Spanish authorities, [etc.]. 1995 USA Today (Nexis) 5 Oct. 5 a Wilson complained about the media descending on her housing project: ‘It's unpeaceable around here.’ Derivatives unˈpeaceableness n. 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 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 95 Vn Pesseabilnes, impaciencia,..inquietudo, proteruitas. 1615 R. Rogers Comm. Bk. Judges xliii. 339 The vnpeaceablenesse and vnappeasablenesse in neighbours and landlords. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 246 I would not have unpeaceableness and division to be encouraged. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iv. 193 The disorders of our passions,..and the unpeaceableness of the world. 1740 H. Brooke Pract. Ess. conc. Christian Peaceableness ii. 16 Covetousness is a Cause of Unpeaceableness. 1824 J. Thornton Disc. on Prayer iii. iv. 199 No desire of retaliation or revenge, nothing of unpeaceableness, ill-nature, or haughtiness, can easily shew itself in a heart kept under this guard. 1993 BOMB Fall 41/1 There's lots of human unpeaceableness in the book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1384 |
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