placidity
English
Etymology
Latin placiditās (“mildness, placidity”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
placidity (usually uncountable, plural placidities)
- The state of being placid; peacefulness.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 10:
- And how could she bear such behaviour! Composure with a witness! to look on, while repeated attentions were offering to another woman, before her face, and not resent it.—That is a degree of placidity, which I can neither comprehend nor respect.
Synonyms
- (state of being placid): composure, peacefulness, serenity
Related terms
Translations
state of being placid
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