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单词 pacificous
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pacificousadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pācificus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin pācificus making peace (see pacific adj.1) + -ous suffix. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin pacifici (plural) peacemakers (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), use as noun of masculine plural of pacificus.Compare earlier loan of post-classical Latin pacificus, used in the Vulgate to gloss the name of Solomon:1608 Bp. J. King Serm. St. Maries Oxf. 20 Salomon the pacificus, king of Salem, prince of peace. Compare also earlier loan of post-classical Latin rex pacificus king of peace:1492 J. Ryman Poems lxviii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1892) 89 236 Nowe this tyme rex pacificus Is man become for loue of vs.
Obsolete.
= pacific adj.1 Also as n.: pacific people as a class.
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society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [adjective]
peaceable1340
peacefula1400
pacifical?c1500
pacific1582
pacificous1611
flag-furling1802
pacifistic1908
dovish1966
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adjective] > peaceable
i-sibsumeOE
grithlyc1300
peaceable1340
peacefula1400
pacifical?c1500
pacific1582
pacificous1611
peaceable-minded1648
peaceably minded1648
pacal1656
peaceably disposed1772
unaggressive1862
inaggressive1878
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pacifique, pacificous, peaceable; gentle, quiet.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 79 Such as were transported with Warmth to be a fighting, prevail'd in Number, before the Pacificous.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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