placable

[ plak-uh-buhl, pley-kuh- ]

adjective

capable of being placated, pacified, or appeased; forgiving.

Origin of placable

1490–1500; <Old French <Latin plācābilis.See placate¹, -able

Other words from placable

plac·a·bil·i·ty, plac·a·ble·ness, noun

Words Nearby placable

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How to use placable in a sentence

As a rule even the most cantankerous women are placable after afternoon tea.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James Wills
To have both strong, but both selected: in the one, to be placable; in the other immovable.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) | Edmund Burke
It may be that Otto's death, which he must learn to-morrow, may make him more placable.
A Noble Name | Claire Von Glmer
He had grown strangely tame and placable, and it was generally noticed that he looked older.
Elizabeth's Campaign | Mrs. Humphrey Ward
By means of this concession the placable creditors were able to bring the dissatisfied creditors to reason.
Eugenie Grandet | Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for placable

placable

/ (ˈplækəbəl) /

adjective

easily placated or appeased

Origin of placable

C15: via Old French from Latin plācābilis, from plācāre to appease; related to placēre to please

Derived forms of placable

placability or placableness, noun
placably, adverb

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