placid

[ plas-id ]

/ ˈplæs ɪd /

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adjective

pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.

Words nearby placid

placentography, placentoma, placer, placerville, placet, placid, placido's disk, placidyl, placing, plack, plackart

Origin of placid

1620–30; < Latin placidus calm, quiet, akin to placēre to please (orig., to calm); see -id⁴

SYNONYMS FOR placid

See peaceful.

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OTHER WORDS FROM placid

pla·cid·i·ty

[pluh-sid-i-tee] /pləˈsɪd ɪ ti/, plac·id·ness, nounplac·id·ly, adverbun·plac·id, adjectiveun·plac·id·ly, adverb

un·plac·id·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for placid

They would speak up, but in tones still soft and placid; and Spahn often overheard them describing him as a “beautiful person.”
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Underneath the most placid waters, there are vicious currents and tides, and underwater volcanoes that are constantly erupting.
Welcome to the Anarchy Economy|Daniel Gross|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His face immediately shifted out of the placid, guarded, friendliness of the Scheduled Speaker into ambroad, welcoming smile.
Anthony Lewis’s Cousin Remembers His Kindness to a Young Journalist|Sarah Wildman|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And I long for the placid days when all I worried about were jackhammers, Halal carts and clueless tourists on rental bikes.
Fleeing the Dangling ‘Boom of Doom’ Skyscraper Crane atop One57th|Michael Gross|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Plus, Michael Daly on Chicago's carnage and Jim Warren on the placid protest.
NATO Summit’s Big Loser: Behind Obama’s Snub of Pakistan|Bruce Riedel|May 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In placid strength, and subtlest science, unsurpassed;—in sweet felicity, incomparable.
On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2)|John Ruskin
Eyes bright, placid, and rather prominent than otherwise, with a yellow rim round them.
Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-Bred Neat Stock|Various
The sun had now risen, his bright rays glancing across the placid water, which shone like a sheet of burnished gold.
The Settlers|William H. G. Kingston
Why did he insist on rousing me when I was there alone, quite peaceful, forgetting everything, sunk in a placid indulgent calm!
The Torrent|Vicente Blasco Ibaez
How is one to keep such a piece of quicksilver as you in a state of placid stodge!
Captain Desmond, V.C.|Maud Diver

British Dictionary definitions for placid

placid

/ (ˈplæsɪd) /

adjective

having a calm appearance or nature

Derived forms of placid

placidity (pləˈsɪdɪtɪ) or placidness, nounplacidly, adverb

Word Origin for placid

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

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placid

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Origin of placid

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adjective

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