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motionless

English

Etymology

motion +? -less

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m????nl?s/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?mo???nl?s/

Adjective

motionless (not comparable)

  1. at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.

Translations

Anagrams

  • somnolites

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placid

English

Etymology

From French placide, from Latin placidus (peaceful, calm, placid), from place? (please, satisfy).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?plæs.?d/
  • Rhymes: -æs?d

Adjective

placid (comparative placider, superlative placidest)

  1. calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
    a placid disposition
    a placid lake
    • 1941, Ogden Nash, "The Ant", in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224.
      The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?

Derived terms

  • placidness
  • placidity

Translations


Romanian

Etymology

From French placide

Adjective

placid m or n (feminine singular placid?, masculine plural placizi, feminine and neuter plural placide)

  1. placid

Declension

Related terms

  • placiditate

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