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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-346/
- Published: 2025-07-19T18:15:06.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-19T18:15:05.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

irenic (adjective): 

: favouring, conducive to, or operating toward peace, moderation, or conciliation

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irenic?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : In Greek mythology, Eirene was one of the Horae, the goddesses of the seasons and natural order who in the Iliad are the custodians of the gates of Olympus. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, the Horae were the daughters of Zeus and a Titaness named Themis, and each had a name indicating her function and relation to human life. Eirene (in Greek Eirēnē, meaning “peace”) was the goddess of peace. Her name gave rise to irenic and other peaceable terms including irenics (a theological term for advocacy of Christian unity), Irena (the genus name of two species of birds found in southern Asia and the Philippines), and the name Irene.

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