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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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complacently

English

Etymology

complacent +? -ly

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: complaisantly

Adverb

complacently (comparative more complacently, superlative most complacently)

  1. In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.

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