placid

[ plas-id ]
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adjective
  1. pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters;a placid temperament.

  2. showing lack of energy or concern: It is difficult to understand her relatively placid acceptance of the truth and its impact on her future.Emotions ebbed from anger into placid resignation with the passage of time.

Origin of placid

1
First recorded in 1620–30; from Latin placidus “calm, quiet,” akin to placēre “to seem good, please” (originally, “to calm”); see please, -id4

synonym study For placid

See peaceful.

Other words from placid

  • pla·cid·i·ty [pluh-sid-i-tee], /pləˈsɪd ɪ ti/, plac·id·ness [plas-id-nis], /ˈplæs ɪd nɪs/, noun
  • plac·id·ly, adverb
  • un·plac·id, adjective

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How to use placid in a sentence

  • Mrs. Newbolt was looking away toward the hills, a dreamy cast in her placid face.

    The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) Ogden
  • The baby had thrived; as placid, laughing a little thing as if its mother had never known sorrow.

    Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
  • Frulein Timm belongs to the single sisterhood, but is one of the fresh and placid kind, and as neat as wax.

  • They mostly wore the placid expression of folks engaged in business affairs instead of the worried look of pleasure-seekers.

  • The old lady glanced up from her work; her placid face wore a look of unusual serenity.

    The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie

British Dictionary definitions for placid

placid

/ (ˈplæsɪd) /


adjective
  1. having a calm appearance or nature

Origin of placid

1
C17: from Latin placidus peaceful; related to placēre to please

Derived forms of placid

  • placidity (pləˈsɪdɪtɪ) or placidness, noun
  • placidly, adverb

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