Crossword clues for irenic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Irenic
Irenic \I*ren"ic\, Irenical \I*ren"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.]
Fitted or designed to promote peace; pacific; conciliatory;
peaceful.
--Bp. Hall.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
irenic
1864; see eirenic.
Wiktionary
irenic
a. (context chiefly theology English) Promoting or fitted to promote peace; conciliatory, non-confrontational; peaceful.
WordNet
irenic
adj. conducive to peace; "irenic without being namby-pamby"; "an irenic attitude toward former antagonists"
Usage examples of "irenic".
His visage was irenic, formed in a mold of habitual beatitude or boredom, as if he knew from experience that nothing in life could ruffle his composure.
The arras was tattered around the edges, and had a carefully repaired rent down its center halfway through the striving, irenic figure of Berek Halfhand.