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Webster 1913 Edition
Placid
Plac′id
,Adj.
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle.
“That placid aspect and meek regard.” Milton.
“Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy.” Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Placid
PLAC'ID
,Adj.
1.
Gentle; quiet; undisturbed; equable; as a placid motion of the spirits.2.
Serene; mild; unruffled; indicating peace of mind; as a placid countenance or smile.3.
Calm; tranquil; serene; not stormy; as a placid sky.4.
Calm; quiet; unruffled; as a placid stream.Definition 2024
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See also: plàcid
English
Adjective
placid (comparative placider, superlative placidest)
- calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
- a placid disposition
- a placid lake
- 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):
- [I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.
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Translations
calm and quiet; peaceful