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placid (iou)



placid adjective. E17.
[French placide or Latin placidus pleasing, favourable, gentle, from placere please: see -ID1.]
Mild, calm, peaceful; unruffled, tranquil, serene; (of a person) not easily disturbed or aroused.
P. S. Buck Except for the slight..wind.., the waters lay placid and unmoved. J. Mark Disturbed by Cleaver's placid acceptance of the fact that his home was disintegrating over his head. D. Cecil Over-excitedthis was an ominous symptom in a woman who was ordinarily placid.
pla'cidity noun the quality of being placid, calmness, tranquillity, peacefulness E17.
placidly adverb E17.
placidness noun E18.