placable
pronunciation
How to pronounce placable in British English:
UK ['plækəbl]
How to pronounce placable in American English:
US ['plækəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- easily calmed or pacified
Word Origin
- placable (adj.)
- c. 1500, "pleasing," from Middle French placable "forgiving, conciliatory" and directly from Latin placabilis "easily appeased or pacified," from placare "to appease" (see placate). From 1580s as "capable of being pleased." Related: Placably; placability.