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PLACID
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
Example:
unruffled water
Synonyms:
placid; quiet; smooth; still; tranquil; unruffled
Classified under:
Similar:
calm ((of weather) free from storm or wind)
Derivation:
placidness (a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not easily irritated
Example:
remained placid despite the repeated delays
Synonyms:
equable; even-tempered; good-tempered; placid
Classified under:
Similar:
good-natured (having an easygoing and cheerful disposition)
Derivation:
placidity (a disposition free from stress or emotion)
placidness (a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling)
Context examples:
And the poor souls, I can pity them now and weep, as I think of them placid each in her full sleep of death for a short moment ere fading.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“Do just as you please, my dear,” replied Mrs. Allen, with the most placid indifference.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Also, there were comings and goings, and the erstwhile placid atmosphere of the cabin was vexed with strange perturbations and unrest.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He was a man with large, thoughtful eyes, and a full, placid face—such a face as one would expect from a philosopher and a philanthropist, rather than from a fighting seaman.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her idea of love was more that of placid affection, serving the loved one softly in an atmosphere, flower-scented and dim-lighted, of ethereal calm.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
With a northerly breeze it lies placid and sheltered, inviting the storm-tossed craft to tack into it for rest and protection.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was impossible but that Mrs Clay must hate the sight of Mr Elliot; and yet she could assume a most obliging, placid look, and appear quite satisfied with the curtailed license of devoting herself only half as much to Sir Walter as she would have done otherwise.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Having reached the spot marked by a line of light-green rushes, we poled out two canoes through them for some hundreds of yards, and eventually emerged into a placid and shallow stream, running clear and transparent over a sandy bottom.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her pride could still its very pulses, it appeared, and draw the placid veil before her face, through which she sat looking straight before her on the far distance.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
