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[ plas-id ] / ˈplæs ɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR placid ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters. showing lack of energy or concern: It is difficult to understand her relatively placid acceptance of the truth and its impact on her future. Origin of placidFirst recorded in 1620–30; from Latin placidus “calm, quiet,” akin to placēre “to seem good, please” (originally, “to calm”); see please, -id4 synonym study for placidSee peaceful. OTHER WORDS FROM placidpla·cid·i·ty [pluh-sid-i-tee], /pləˈsɪd ɪ ti/, plac·id·ness, nounplac·id·ly, adverbun·plac·id, adjectiveun·plac·id·ness, nounWords nearby placidplacer, Placerville, place setting, placet, place value, placid, placidly, Plácido's disk, Placidyl, placing, plack Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for placidThey would speak up, but in tones still soft and placid; and Spahn often overheard them describing him as a “beautiful person.” Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Underneath the most placid waters, there are vicious currents and tides, and underwater volcanoes that are constantly erupting. Welcome to the Anarchy Economy|Daniel Gross|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST His face immediately shifted out of the placid, guarded, friendliness of the Scheduled Speaker into ambroad, welcoming smile. Anthony Lewis’s Cousin Remembers His Kindness to a Young Journalist|Sarah Wildman|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST And I long for the placid days when all I worried about were jackhammers, Halal carts and clueless tourists on rental bikes. Fleeing the Dangling ‘Boom of Doom’ Skyscraper Crane atop One57th|Michael Gross|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Plus, Michael Daly on Chicago's carnage and Jim Warren on the placid protest. NATO Summit’s Big Loser: Behind Obama’s Snub of Pakistan|Bruce Riedel|May 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST In placid strength, and subtlest science, unsurpassed;—in sweet felicity, incomparable. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2)|John Ruskin Eyes bright, placid, and rather prominent than otherwise, with a yellow rim round them. Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-Bred Neat Stock|Various The sun had now risen, his bright rays glancing across the placid water, which shone like a sheet of burnished gold. The Settlers|William H. G. Kingston Why did he insist on rousing me when I was there alone, quite peaceful, forgetting everything, sunk in a placid indulgent calm! The Torrent|Vicente Blasco Ibaez How is one to keep such a piece of quicksilver as you in a state of placid stodge! Captain Desmond, V.C.|Maud Diver
British Dictionary definitions for placid
adjectivehaving a calm appearance or nature Derived forms of placidplacidity (pləˈsɪdɪtɪ) or placidness, nounplacidly, adverbWord Origin for placidC17: from Latin placidus peaceful; related to placēre to please Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to placidserene, easygoing, quiet, even-tempered, gentle, peaceful, tranquil, collected, composed, cool, detached, equable, even, halcyon, imperturbable, restful, self-possessed, still, hushed, irenic |