- irenic (adj.)
- "promoting peace," 1854, from Greek eirenikos, from eirene "peace, time of peace." Earlier as irenical (1650s). Irenics is from 1834, originally a branch of theology.
- eirenic (adj.)
- "tending toward or productive of peace," 1866, from Greek eirenikos, from eirene "peace, time of peace." Earlier as irenic (1864), irenical (1650s).
