placabilityn.

Brit.

/ˌplakəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌplækəˈbɪlᵻdi/

Forms: 1500s placabilitie, 1500s placabylytie, 1600s– placability.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plācābilitās.

Etymology: < classical Latin plācābilitās readiness to forgive < plācābilis placable adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French placabilité (1577; French placabilité), Spanish placabilidad (a1540 or earlier), Portuguese placabilidade (a1572). N.E.D. (1907) also gives the pronunciation (plēⁱkăbi·lĭti) /pleɪkəˈbɪlɪtɪ/.

The quality or character of being placable; readiness to be appeased or to forgive; mildness of disposition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun]

sweetnessc1000

mildnessOE

lithenessc1175

mildshipa1200

softnessa1200

mildheadc1300

softheadc1350

mansuetudec1390

tendresse1390

tendernessa1400

gentleness?c1400

mansuetiea1500

suavitude1512

treatableness1526

placability1531

lenity1548

pleasableness1556

mollity1562

fair1599

lenitude1627

placableness1647

unaggressiveness1870

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vi. sig. Piv^v Placabilitie is no litle part of Benignitie.

1574 E. Jeninges Notable Hystory Alfagus & Archelaus sig. Aii^v For Grauytye and Affabylytie be laudable both And qualyties highlye to be had in estemacyon, So is Seuerytie and Placabylytie forsooth.

a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) iv. i. 290 All writers commend the Germans..for Modesty, Integrity, Constancy, Placability, Equity, and for grauity, but somewhat inclyning to the vice of Dullnes.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. xii. 505 He declared nothing to be more..worthy of a great man, than placability.

1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. ii. 30 Patience under affronts and injuries, humility, irresistance, placability.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 62 He would endure with dignified placability much irritating opposition.

1884 E. A. Abbott Flatland ii. xx. 90 He had exchanged his wrath against me for perfect placability.

1916 H. Spender Gen. Botha 257 They were subdued by his untiring placability.

1967 Post Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 4 June 78/4 The..story of a young wife's indiscretion and her husband's placability.

2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 1 Oct. 8 The secret of Old Labour in the Blair years has been its placability.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	placability
释义	placabilityn. Brit. /ˌplakəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌplækəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Forms: 1500s placabilitie, 1500s placabylytie, 1600s– placability. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plācābilitās. Etymology: < classical Latin plācābilitās readiness to forgive < plācābilis placable adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French placabilité (1577; French placabilité), Spanish placabilidad (a1540 or earlier), Portuguese placabilidade (a1572). N.E.D. (1907) also gives the pronunciation (plēⁱkăbi·lĭti) /pleɪkəˈbɪlɪtɪ/. The quality or character of being placable; readiness to be appeased or to forgive; mildness of disposition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] sweetnessc1000 mildnessOE lithenessc1175 mildshipa1200 softnessa1200 mildheadc1300 softheadc1350 mansuetudec1390 tendresse1390 tendernessa1400 gentleness?c1400 mansuetiea1500 suavitude1512 treatableness1526 placability1531 lenity1548 pleasableness1556 mollity1562 fair1599 lenitude1627 placableness1647 unaggressiveness1870 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vi. sig. Piv^v Placabilitie is no litle part of Benignitie. 1574 E. Jeninges Notable Hystory Alfagus & Archelaus sig. Aii^v For Grauytye and Affabylytie be laudable both And qualyties highlye to be had in estemacyon, So is Seuerytie and Placabylytie forsooth. a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) iv. i. 290 All writers commend the Germans..for Modesty, Integrity, Constancy, Placability, Equity, and for grauity, but somewhat inclyning to the vice of Dullnes. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. xii. 505 He declared nothing to be more..worthy of a great man, than placability. 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. ii. 30 Patience under affronts and injuries, humility, irresistance, placability. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 62 He would endure with dignified placability much irritating opposition. 1884 E. A. Abbott Flatland ii. xx. 90 He had exchanged his wrath against me for perfect placability. 1916 H. Spender Gen. Botha 257 They were subdued by his untiring placability. 1967 Post Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) 4 June 78/4 The..story of a young wife's indiscretion and her husband's placability. 2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 1 Oct. 8 The secret of Old Labour in the Blair years has been its placability. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1531
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