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i⋅ren⋅ic

  [ahy-ren-ik, ahy-ree-nik]
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–adjective
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
Also, i⋅ren⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1860–65; < Gk eirēnikós, equiv. to eirn(ē) peace + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
i⋅ren⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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i·ren·ic   (ī-rěn'ĭk, ī-rē'nĭk)   
adj.  Promoting peace; conciliatory.

[Greek eirēnikos, from eirēnē, peace.]
i·ren'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

irenic 
1864, from Gk. eirenikos, from eirene "peace." Irenical "peaceful" is attested from 1660.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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