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–adjective

pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.

[Origin: 1620–30; < L placidus calm, quiet, akin to placére to please (orig., to calm); see -id⁴

]

—Related forms

pla·cid·i·ty

Audio Help [pluh-sid-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, plac·id·ness, noun

plac·id·ly, adverb

—Synonyms See peaceful.

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plac·id Audio Help (plās'ĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Undisturbed by tumult or disorder; calm or quiet. See Synonyms at calm.
Satisfied; complacent.

[Latin placidus, from placēre, to please; see plāk-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

pla·cid'i·ty (plə-sĭd'ĭ-tē), plac'id·ness (plās'ĭd-nĭs) n., plac'id·ly adv.

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Plac·id Audio Help (plās'ĭd) Pronunciation Key
A lake of northeast New York in the Adirondack Mountains. It is a noted winter sports center.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
placid

1626, from Fr. placide, from L. placidus "pleasing, gentle," from placere "to please" (see please).

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placid
adjective
1.	(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water"
2.	not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays" [syn: equable]

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placid [ˈplasid] adjective

calm and not easily disturbed or upset
Example: a placid child

Arabic:	هادئ، وَديع
Chinese (Simplified):	温和的
Chinese (Traditional):	溫和的
Czech:	klidný, mírný
Danish:	fredsommelig
Dutch:	rustig
Estonian:	rahulik
Finnish:	rauhallinen
French:	placide
German:	ruhig
Greek:	ήρεμος
Hungarian:	békés
Icelandic:	rólegur, stilltur
Indonesian:	tenang
Italian:	placido

Japanese:	おだやかな
Korean:	잔잔한; 침착한
Latvian:	rāms
Lithuanian:	ramus
Norwegian:	rolig, stillferdig
Polish:	pogodny
Portuguese (Brazil):	plácido
Portuguese (Portugal):	plácido
Romanian:	liniştit
Russian:	спокойный
Slovak:	mierny, spokojný
Slovenian:	miren
Spanish:	plácido
Swedish:	lugn, mild, blid
Turkish:	sakin

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Placid Lakes, FL (CDP, FIPS 57407) Location: 27.24123 N, 81.40711 W
Population (1990): 2045 (1169 housing units)
Area: 47.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Lake Placid, FL (town, FIPS 38625) Location: 27.29688 N, 81.36966 W
Population (1990): 1158 (587 housing units)
Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 33852

Lake Placid, NY (village, FIPS 40761) Location: 44.28338 N, 73.98501 W
Population (1990): 2485 (1610 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)

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Placid

Plac"id\, a. [L. placidus, originally, pleasing, mild, from placere to please: cf. F. placide. See Please.] Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." --Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." --Macaulay.

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Placid

Please\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleased; p. pr. & vb. n. Pleasing.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]

1. To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy.

I pray to God that it may plesen you. --Chaucer.

What next I bring shall please thee, be assured. --Milton.

2. To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will.

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he. --Ps. cxxxv. 6.

A man doing as he wills, and doing as he pleases, are the same things in common speech. --J. Edwards.

3. To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally. "It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell." --Col. i. 19.

To-morrow, may it please you. --Shak.

To be pleased in or with, to have complacency in; to take pleasure in.

To be pleased to do a thing, to take pleasure in doing it; to have the will to do it; to think proper to do it. --Dryden.

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