单词 | unpeaceful |
释义 | unpeacefuladj. Not peaceful. ΚΠ ?1531 R. Whitford tr. Folowing of Christe ii. iii. f. xliv A peacefull man and a pacient profytethe more to hym selfe and to other also than a man well lerned that is vnpeacefull. 1615 T. Roe in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) I. iv. xvi. Being of a spirit naturally vnpeacefull, he prepares for the conquest of Samercand. 1647 A. Cowley Mistresse 31 Oh, Founts! Oh, when in you shall I My selfe, Easd of unpeacefull thoughts, espy? 1736 J. Thomson Britain: 4th Pt. Liberty 37 Immature, and red with glorious wounds, Unpeaceful death their choice. 1798 C. Lamb in C. Lloyd & C. Lamb Blank Verse 83 The not unpeaceful evening of a day Made black by morning storms. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) vi. 178 Lofty Elms..Did give composure to a neighbourhood Unpeaceful in itself. 1831 T. Arnold Let. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. 265 The mere tumult and violence of political quarrels seeming.., as something shocking, because it was so unpeaceful. 1917 Geogr. Rev. 4 210 While rivers offer no check to peaceful intercourse.., they do serve as checks to unpeaceful intercourse. 2001 Times 4 Aug. 19/2 The unpeaceful buzz of a swarm of jet skis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?1531 |
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