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placable
[ plak-uh-buhl, pley-kuh- ]
adjective
- capable of being placated, pacified, or appeased; forgiving.
placable
/ ˈplækəbəl /
adjective
- easily placated or appeased
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Derived Forms
- ˌplacaˈbility, noun
- ˈplacably, adverb
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Other Words From
- placa·bili·ty placa·ble·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of placable1
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Example Sentences
As a rule even the most cantankerous women are placable after afternoon tea.
To have both strong, but both selected: in the one, to be placable; in the other immovable.
It may be that Otto's death, which he must learn to-morrow, may make him more placable.
He had grown strangely tame and placable, and it was generally noticed that he looked older.
By means of this concession the placable creditors were able to bring the dissatisfied creditors to reason.
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