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单词 placableness
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placablenessn.

Brit. /ˈplakəblnəs/, U.S. /ˈplækəb(ə)lnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: placable adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < placable adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier placability n., pleasableness n. at pleasable adj. Derivatives.
Now rare.
The quality of being placable; placability.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun]
sweetnessc1000
mildnessOE
lithenessc1175
mildshipa1200
softnessa1200
mildheadc1300
softheadc1350
mansuetudec1390
tendresse1390
tendernessa1400
gentleness?c1400
mansuetiea1500
suavitude1512
treatableness1526
placability1531
lenity1548
pleasableness1556
mollity1562
fair1599
lenitude1627
placableness1647
unaggressiveness1870
1647 J. Goodwin Divine Authority Script. 153 Reduced from incontinencie unto chastity;..from passion and revenge, to a temper, and placablenesse of spirit.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xv. 75 That Softness of Nature, and Placableness of Disposition, which..he holds to be the greatest Merit in our Sex.
1768 J. Leland Advantage & Necessity of Christian Revelation II. ii. 21 They were now to regard God as their offended Sovereign and Lord: discoveries were made to them both of his justice and righteous displeasure against sin, and of his placableness towards penitent sinners.
1877 G. P. Fisher Beginnings Christianity iii. 105 Placableness and forbearance were not unknown to the Greeks of an earlier day.
1896 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 6 417 They had gained a grace of placableness.
1932 C. G. Stillman Samuel Butler xiv. 230 The more Butler read in the correspondence the more he was won by his grandfather's placableness, sincerity and hatred of all meanness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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