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单词 unpeaceable
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unpeaceableadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpiːsəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈpisəb(ə)l/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and peaceable adj., n., and adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, peaceable adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + peaceable adj. Compare earlier unpeace n.
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).
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