placable

[ plak-uh-buh l, pley-kuh- ]

/ ˈplæk ə bəl, ˈpleɪ kə- /

adjective

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

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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

pl, pl., pl/1, pla, plaas, placable, placage, placard, placas, placate, placative

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Example sentences from the Web for placable

He was a strong, resolute, passionate boy, yet withal good-humoured and placable.
Life in the Red Brigade|R.M. Ballantyne
By means of this concession the placable creditors were able to bring the dissatisfied creditors to reason.
Eugenie Grandet|Honore de Balzac
Henry himself, it may be noted, seems to have been both blameless and placable on these occasions, but naturally bored.
Lord Chatham|Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
Charles had been a silent, placable man all his life through.
French and English|Evelyn Everett-Green

The sweet, placable, scrupulous nature began to blame itself.
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward

British Dictionary definitions for placable

placable

/ (ˈplækəbəl) /

adjective

easily placated or appeased

Derived forms of placable

placability or placableness, nounplacably, adverb

Word Origin for placable

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

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