placid

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈplæs.ɪd/

Adjective

placid (comparative placider, superlative placidest)

1. calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil

   a placid disposition

   a placid lake

   • 1941, Ogden Nash, "The Ant", in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224.

     The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?

Translations

• French: placide
• German: ruhig, friedlich, sanft
• Italian: placido
• Portuguese: plácido, calmo, tranquilo, plácido
• Russian: споко́йный
• Spanish: plácido

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