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peaceableadj.n.adv. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pesible, paisible. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pesible, paisible, peisible, peyseble, pessible, etc., and Middle French paisible (mid 12th cent. in Old French; earliest in Anglo-Norman in mer paisible (beginning of the 12th cent.; compare sense A. 2b)) < pais (see peace n.) + -ible -ible suffix; in later use re-formed after peace n. and -able suffix (compare β. forms). Compare Old Occitan pazible, paizible.With sense B. 1 compare comparable use as noun of post-classical Latin pacificus (Vetus Latina, Vulgate). With sense B. 2 compare post-classical Latin pacifica , neuter plural (see pacific adj.1 and n.1). A. adj. 1. society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [adjective] society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adjective] > peaceable 1340 (1866) 261 (MED) Þo byeþ payzible..þet alle þe steriinges of þe herte ordayneþ and zetteþ onder þe lhordssipe of riȝte scele. 1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 34 Bi gode & paisible auys of the wysest & trewest. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. 4009 Pesabille..he was. ?c1450 tr. (1906) 117 She..made hym paisible vnto her and vnto all other peple. 1535 Zach. vi. 13 A peaceable councell shalbe betwixte them both. 1582 R. Mulcaster Peroration 247 These peaceable directions I call, and not I alone, by the single name of generall learning. 1610 J. Guillim ii. vi. 56 Those Gallants..in times..of warre, proue..peaceabler and calmer then they should be. 1653 E. Waterhouse 155 If the Magistrate be so stressed that he cannot protect those that are pious and peaceable, the Lord help. 1712 R. Steele No. 284. ⁋6 She shall give Security for her peaceable Intentions. 1774 O. Goldsmith III. 94 The Stag is one of those innocent and peaceable animals that seem made to embellish the forest. 1815 M. Elphinstone iii. v. 456 The inhabitants are shepherds..simple, peaceable, and inoffensive. 1860 Dec. 355/3 If they..prefer to call in the aid of the law instead of resorting to more peaceable means, we can not, of course, refuse to meet them. 1922 J. Joyce iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 572 It was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be about waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head. 2003 (Nexis) 23 Nov. a12 At the midnight hour prowling through the city and disturbing the repose of its peaceable citizens. the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) ii. 4375 (MED) Who can ben peisible in his smerte, It is a tokene he hath a manly herte, Nat to wepen as wommen in her rage. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. (Caxton) (1877) lf. 37v Our lorde accepteth him for noble, that doth goode werkis though he be peasible of litle wordes. 1484 W. Caxton tr. iv He beganne to be peasyble and gate his wytte ageyne. 1826 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in 2 Sept. 604 To make the horse peaceable enough to enable me to keep on his back. 2. the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adjective] c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Tim. ii. 2 I beseche..for to be maad bisechingis..for kyngis..that we lede quyet and pesyble [L. tranquillam] lyf. a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7833 (MED) Þare es peysebelle ioy ay lastand. c1475 tr. A. Chartier (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 211 (MED) Yf thou seeke or will haue..peasible conscience, thou resemblest him that sekith reson amonge the mad and woode men. a1535 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in (1557) I. 98 Salomon saith of vertue thus: her wayes are al ful of plesure, & her pathes are pesable. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio 4 Remaining peaceable Lord of the Realme. 1659 T. Fuller i. 50 If factious people, should, in peaceable times, against lawfull Authority conventicle in a Barn or Stable. 1740 D. Hume III. ii. 58 To bestow stability on the possession of those external goods, and leave every one in the peaceable enjoyment of what he may acquire by his fortune and industry. 1765 W. Blackstone I. Introd. iii. 73 To make a particular custom good..It must have been peaceable, and acquiesced in: not subject to contention and dispute. 1845 M. Pattison in Jan. 75 To do one's duty thoroughly is not easy in the most peaceable times. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ xlvii. 334 He never could stand it to see things going wrong. He's done more to make this town quiet and peaceable than any man in it. 1916 G. O'Keeffe Let. Feb. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer (1990) 146 I could have a really peacable [sic] time trailing around here making water color landscapes! 1987 Nov. 25/1 There is one other warlike painting in this otherwise peaceable sale. the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > calm (of weather, climate, or the elements) c1425 J. Lydgate (Augustus A.iv) v. 1845 (MED) I was a-noon with wynde pesible blowe To an yle whiche was to me vnknowe. a1450 (a1401) (Bodl.) (1957) 107/13 Whan þer is no tempest, in a pesible wedir. a1500 (?a1425) tr. (Lamb.) 73 (MED) Þe wyndes litel blowyn, þe see ys paisyble. 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 220v The sayde sea cauled Pacificum (that is) peaceable. 1619 W. Phillip tr. W. C. Schouten 26 We entered into a peaceable Sea, and had past all stormes and hard weather. 1859 A. H. Clough tr. Plutarch I. 72 The face of the sun was darkened, and the day turned into night, and that, too, no quiet peaceable night, but with terrible thunderings, and boisterous winds from all quarters. 1884 T. Woolner i. i. 4 A rustling near, unlike The peaceable soft wind. B. n.society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > peaceable person the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > peaceable or friendly person 1340 (1866) 96 (MED) Yblissed byeþ þe paysyble, uor hi ssolle by ycleped godes zones. c1390 in C. Horstmann (1892) i. 239 (MED) Blesset be þe pesybles i-tald, Godus children schul þei be cald. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara (1535) ii. f. 95 v He hath conquered realmes, altered [= vexed, harassed] peasibles [Fr. les pacifiques], distroyed cities. 1610 II. Jer. xx. 10 The men that were my peaceables. 1860 R. W. Emerson Power in (London ed.) ii This power..is the power of Lynch law, of soldiers and pirates; and it bullies the peaceable and loyal. 1917 J. C. Oman ii. i. 90 The peaceable are so far from being peacemakers that they are peace's most deadly and deceitful foes. society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > for peace c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Ezek. xlvi. 2 Prestis shuln do his brend sacrifice and his pesibles [v.r. pesible; a1425 L.V. pesible sacrifices; L. pacifica]. C. adv.society > armed hostility > peace > [adverb] society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adverb] > peaceably 1391 Floors Indenture 23 June in (1983) V., at Pesabill The forsad Wauter has tan the forsaid Howisunys part of the landis of Cauerton for four ȝer pessabel. c1425 Treat. Ten Commandments in (1910) 6 27 (MED) With his frende he spekith peesybul, and undur þat preuyly he settith spies for to do him malys. 1565 (Edinb. Reg. House) Thatt the said Schir Thomas..sall bruik..the saidis hauch..peciable without ony trouble or plee movit. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus xxxviii. 122 Colchos, Paphlagonia, and Bosphorus, which he now peaceable held. 1738 tr. S. Guazzo 221 They cannot live peaceable together. 1869 A. Trollope I. xxviii. 234 I wants to earn my bread peaceable, and to be let alone when I'm about my own business. 1895 S. Crane xii. 127 We was a-standin' purty peaceable fer a spell, 'though there was men runnin' ev'ry way all 'round us. Compounds C1. 1842 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton in Apr. 443/2 A peaceable-looking old man. 1979 (Nexis) 20 Aug. 65 He is a peaceable-looking man, but he clearly relishes this battle from his perch. C2. society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adjective] > peaceable 1648 No. 42. 339 They are peaceable minded men, and of unquestionable integrity and loyalty to His Majesty. a1716 O. Blackall (1723) I. x. 89 A peaceable-minded Man..shews his..Desire of Peace all manner of ways. 1922 6 July 9/1 The partial boycott of Munich..by peaceable-minded Germans from the other States. 1690 J. Norris 176 This Peace, in the..restoring of which peaceable-mindedness is concern'd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  adj.n.adv.1340 |
