| \ahy-REN-ik, ahy-REE-nik\ |
adjective
1. tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory. |
| Quotes |
"It will be hard to find someone with Merv's irenic qualities," the dean said, "and a peacemaker is what we need in this diocese."
-- Madeleine L'Engle, A Severed Wasp, 1983 |
| Origin |
| Irenic derives from the Greek eirḗnē meaning "peace." It entered English in the mid-1800s. |
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