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placid

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

Origin of placid

1620–30; < Latin placidus calm, quiet, akin to placēre to please (orig., to calm); see -id4
Related formspla·cid·i·ty [pluh-sid-i-tee] /pləˈsɪd ɪ ti/, plac·id·ness, nounplac·id·ly, adverbun·plac·id, adjectiveun·plac·id·ly, adverbun·plac·id·ness, noun

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See peaceful.
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Related Words for placidness

doldrums, restraint, quietude, dispassion, tranquility, peacefulness, peace, quiet, repose, stoicism, hush, patience, stillness, calmness, serenity, tranquillity, impassivity, rest, placidity, silence

Examples from the Web for placidness

Historical Examples of placidness

  • Chalons is an ideally situated city, with a placidness which the slow current of the Sane does not disturb.

  • In her whole attitude there is a sort of gravity and placidness, something of the half-asleep air of a person ruminating.

  • The conversation of these innocent and guileless lovers was, as it were, in unison with the placidness of the evening.

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    William Godwin

British Dictionary definitions for placidness

placid

adjective
  1. having a calm appearance or nature
Derived Formsplacidity (pləˈsɪdɪtɪ) or placidness, nounplacidly, adverb

Word Origin for placid

C17: from Latin placidus peaceful; related to placēre to please
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Word Origin and History for placidness

placid

adj.

1620s, from French placide (15c.) and directly from Latin placidus "pleasing, peaceful, quiet, gentle, still, calm," from placere "to please" (see please). Related: Placidly; placidness.

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