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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLAC'ID, a. [L. placidus, from placo, to appease.]
1. Gentle; quiet; undisturbed; equable; as a placid motion of the spirits.
2. Serene; mild; unruffled; indicating peace of mind; as a placid countenance or smile.
3. Calm; tranquil; serene; not stormy; as a placid sky.
4. Calm; quiet; unruffled; as a placid stream.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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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" [syn: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled]
2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays" [syn: equable, even-tempered, good- tempered, placid]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin placidus, from plac?re to please — more at please Date: 1626 serenely free of interruption or disturbance <placid skies> <a placid disposition>; also complacent 1 Synonyms: see calm • placidity noun • placidly adverb • placidness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of a person) not easily aroused or disturbed; peaceful. 2 mild; calm; serene. Derivatives: placidity n. placidly adv. placidness n. Etymology: F placide or L placidus f. placere please

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. A placid person or animal is calm and does not easily become excited, angry, or upset. She was a placid child who rarely cried... ADJ • placidly 'No matter, we will pay the difference,' Helena said placidly... ADV: ADV with v 2. A placid place, area of water, or life is calm and peaceful. ...the placid waters of Lake Erie... ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Quiet, tranquil, undisturbed, unmoved, unruffled, calm, peaceful, serene, composed, collected, cool, gentle, equable. 2. Serene, mild, unruffled, halcyon.

Moby Thesaurus

affliction, at rest, bane, besetment, bother, botheration, calm, cloistered, collected, composed, cool, coolheaded, curse, detached, disease, dwindling, easy, easygoing, ebbing, epidemic, even-tenored, exasperation, halcyon, hushed, impassive, inexcitable, infestation, invasion, irenic, irritant, isolated, moldering, nuisance, outbreak, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, pes, pest, pestilence, philosophical, plague, poised, quiescent, quiet, rash, ravage, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, scourge, secluded, self-possessed, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, smooth, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding, tranquil, unagitated, undisturbed, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning