PLACABLE


Meaning of PLACABLE in English

ˈplakəbəl also ˈplāk- adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin placabilis, from placare to soothe, placate + -abilis -able — more at please

1. : of a tolerant nature : easily soothed or satisfied : peaceable , tractable

indignities which might move even a placable nature to fierce … resentment — T.B.Macaulay

young people are almost always placable — Samuel Butler †1902

2. archaic : characterized by serenity : peaceful , quiet

the wind blew in momentary gusts, and then became more placable — Nathaniel Hawthorne

• placa·bly -blē, -li adverb

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