different between placid vs lenitive

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

English

Etymology

From Late Latin lenitivus, from Latin lenitus

Adjective

lenitive (comparative more lenitive, superlative most lenitive)

1. Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering.
2. Laxative; easing the bowels.
3. (of a person) Mild; gentle.

Noun

lenitive (plural lenitives)

1. An analgesic or other source of relief from pain
2. A laxative.

Italian

Adjective

lenitive

1. feminine plural of lenitivo