placable

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

/ ˈplæk ə bəl, ˈpleɪ kə- /

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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

pkwy., PL, PL/1, PLA, plaas, placable, placage, placard, placas, placate, placative

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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

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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