dispeace
(dɪsˈpiːs)
[f. dis- 9 + peace n. Orig. Scotch, in which it is in familiar use.]
The absence or reverse of peace or quietness; uneasiness (of mind); dissension, enmity.
| 1825 Jamieson, Dispeace, disquiet, dissension. 1851 Ruskin Stones Ven. III. iv. §36. 197 The London of the nineteenth century may yet become as Venice without her despotism, and as Florence without her dispeace. 1856 ― Mod. Paint. III. iv. xviii. Concl. 338 Two men, cast on a desert island, could not thrive in dispeace. 1867 S. Cox Quest Chief Good 123 This very contrast..breeds no dispeace or anger in the heart. 1873 Burton Hist. Scot. VI. lxxi. 219 Scotland had elements of dispeace. 1881 Geikie in Nature XXIII. 224 The rumours of renewed dispeace among the nations. |
Hence disˈpeaceful a.
| 1892 R. Wallace in Scott. Leader 29 Jan. 6 A messenger of that dispeaceful divinity [the goddess of strife]. |