unpacificadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnpəˈsɪfɪk/, U.S. /ˌənpəˈsɪfɪk/ Not pacific; not peaceful in manner or intent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > agitated
unquieta1398
vexed?1440
stirred1483
wrought1511
totteringa1535
turmoilous1553
turbulent1573
disturbed1593
trepidat1605
agitated1614
distracted1632
commoving1647
tumultuous1667
jumbling1687
unpacifica1750
uneasy1816
commoved1847
turmoily1877
society > society and the community > dissent > lack of peacefulness > [adjective] > of disposition
troublousc1485
troublesome1552
unpacifica1750
dispeaceful1892
trouble-making1920
a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 67 Honest Tom Tar, of unpacific fist.
1781 T. Warton Specimen Hist. Oxfordshire 71 Many such works of our disunited and unpacific ancestors were undoubtedly destroyed..in the early martial ages.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. vi. 263 The Curé..marches unpacific, at the head of his militant Parish.
1875 J. H. Kingsbury Kingsbury Sketches v. 35 The friends of Growler showed their teeth, and made proposals of an unpacific nature.
1938 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 9 119/1 There is governmental care that..students be offered a full view of the unpacific ways of approach.
2006 B. Weisberger in B. Hollinshead I wish I'd been There (2007) 205 An unpacific member of the antiwar Emergency Peace Federation had gotten into a shouting match with the dignified and whiskered Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adj.a1750