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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for September 28, 1999
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irenic [adj. eye-REN-ik, eye-REEN-ik]
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If you are irenic, then you prefer peace, or you are a peacemaker.
Example: "After months of bitter labor disputes, the compromise
proposal was an unexpectedly irenic gesture from management."
According to Greek mythology the seasons, the hours, and the order of
nature were supervised by the Horae, the daughters of Zeus and Themis
and the guardians of the gates of heaven. Among them was Eirene, the
goddess of peace, whose name means peace. Eirene was the nurse of
Demeter, the goddess of fertility.
Eirene's name gave us irenic as well as irenics [n. eye-REN-iks], a
term for the advocacy of unity among Christians. Also from Eirene is
the modern name Irene, and a genus of Asian bluebirds named Irena.
>From Eirene's Latin name of Pax we have peace, pacify, pacific, and
appease.
More about the Horae:
http://hsa.brown.edu/~maicar/HORAE.html
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