pacific
adjective/pəˈsɪfɪk/
/pəˈsɪfɪk/
[usually before noun] (literary)- peaceful or loving peaceWord Originmid 16th cent.: from French pacifique or Latin pacificus ‘peacemaking’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’.
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