different between publicly vs peacenik

English

Alternative forms

• publically (fairly rare)
• publictly (rare, Scotland, from code switching with Scots)

Etymology

From public +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?bl?kli/

Adverb

publicly (comparative more publicly, superlative most publicly)

1. In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
2. By, for, or on behalf of the public.

Antonyms

• (openly): privately, secretly

Translations

Scots

Etymology

From Early Modern English publiquely.

Adverb

publicly (not comparable)

1. officially, in the presence of public representatives or on behalf the public

   • Albeit I have stayit here in Edinburgh ane year and three months bygane, craving ever to be tryit of the unhappy slaughter of my umquhile Lord of Spynie, whereof I protest before God and your Majesty I am maist innocent, my Lord of Crawford will neither call me (prosecute me) therefor, nor stay, baith privately and publicly, yea in face of your Majesty's honourable Privy Council, to calumniate me.

2. openly, in the presence of other people

References

• “publicly, adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–, OCLC 57069714, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, ?OCLC

English

Etymology

peace +? -nik

Noun

peacenik (plural peaceniks)

1. (sometimes derogatory) Someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or a particular conflict, or who publicly opposes the proliferation of weapons.

Synonyms

• dove
• pacifist

See also

• beatnik