placable
/ˈplakəb(ə)l
/adjective archaic
Easily calmed; gentle and forgiving: he was placable in his animosities and affectionate in his family...
- I'm not the most placable person when it comes to supermarkets, and such a conversation would have had an algesic effect on me, so we headed for a different checkout.
- Tough as steel in his adherence to principle, resilient, placable, self-less and generous beyond the dictates of fashion, steadfast in friendship, but not at the price of reason, he strides the world of mathematics a happy warrior.
- Her feelings were warm and impetuous, but she was placable, tender and constant.
Derivatives
placability
- Here is described the expression on the face of the equestrian statue of Domitian, which blends bellicosity with placability.
placably
/ adverb ...- "I prefer it," he said, placably.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense 'pleasing, agreeable'): from Old French, or from Latin placabilis, from placare 'appease'.
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