pac-, peac-, peas- + (Latin: peace, peaceful, calm, quiet; eased anger or agitation)
unpayable
1. Services without payment: "They served in an unpayable volunteer fire department."
3. Engaged in as a pastime and so not payable; such as, an amateur painter which was unpayable.
3. Incapable of getting payment: "The bill was unpayable because we couldn't find the person who bought the dress."
Vade in pace.
Go in peace.
Another Roman way of saying, "goodbye".
Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving "calm, calmness, peace, quiet":
plac-;
quies-, quiet-;
seren-.
If there are any numbers below, use them to see other pages in this unit.
Showing page 4 out of 4 pages of 47 words or word groups.
Back to Index |
Search Box | Main Index
The + sign at the end of a unit title means all of the words in that unit have definitions.
Do you want to help to make this dictionary bigger and better?
|
Subscribe to this FREE Focusing on Words Newsletter