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placid
What does placid mean?
placid (adjective): calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use placid in a sentence?
- His placid face and regular breathing showed that he was fast asleep. (Tatoeba sentence #6310904 by Hybrid, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce placid?
/ˈplæsəd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does placid come from?
Borrowed from French placide, from Latin placidus (“peaceful, calm, placid”), from placeō (“please, satisfy”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “placid” mean?
intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy
Not quite: that's what elaborate means.
calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
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in regular succession without gaps
Not quite: that's what serial means.
lacking in liveliness or animation
Not quite: that's what dull means.
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