placable

[ plak-uh-buhl, pley-kuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

placable

/ ˈplækəbəl /

1490–1500; < Old French < Latin plācābilis. See placate ¹, -able

C15: via Old French from Latin plācābilis, from plācāre to appease; related to placēre to please

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.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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