placid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Calm and not easily upset or excited.

   She has a placid temperament and rarely loses her temper.

2. 2
   adj

   (of water) Smooth and undisturbed.

   The boat glided across the placid lake at dawn.

Common collocations

• placid temperament Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Latin placeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin placiduslbor. French placide English placid Borrowed from French placide, from Latin placidus (“peaceful, calm, placid”), from placeō (“please, satisfy”).

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