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pacific

English

Alternative forms

  • pacifick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French pacifique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p??s?f?k/
  • Rhymes: -?f?k

Adjective

pacific (comparative more pacific, superlative most pacific)

  1. Calm, peaceful.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:calm
  2. Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.
    Synonyms: dovish, nonviolent
    Antonyms: bellicose, hawkish, martial, militant, violent

Derived terms

  • Pacific Ocean

Related terms

  • pacify
  • pacifism
  • pacifist

Translations

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derris

English

Etymology

New Latin and translingual Derris, from Ancient Greek ?????? (dérrhis, leather, skin), referring to the leathery pods, from ???? (dér?, I skin, I flay).

Noun

derris (uncountable)

  1. A climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific Islands, Derris elliptica, whose roots are a source of rotenone.

Anagrams

  • driers, riders, sirred

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