unaggressive en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive English unaggressive From un- + aggressive.
Meanings
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Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent.
And he, Allada Khan, had decided that the child was not unlike himself - an unaggressive nose, and intelligent forehead, eyes both lively and melting.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 195:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unaggressive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unaggressive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unaggressively · unaggressiveness
Synonyms
pacifistic · non-violent · pacifist · irenic · dovish · anti-bellicist · pacific · peaceful · irenical · pacific · dovish · peaceable · dovelike · unaggressive