different between placid vs placit

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 Latin placitum. Doublet of plea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?plæs?t/

Noun

placit (plural placits)

1. (obsolete) A decree or determination; a dictum.
   • 20 January, 1657, John Evelyn, letter to Mr. E. Thurland

     the placits and opinions of other philosophers