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placentious

/pləˈsɛnʃiəs/

placentious adjective: pleasing or pleasant.

Adjective

placentious (comparative more placentious, superlative most placentious)

  1. (obsolete) pleasing or pleasant
    • a placentious persona. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Forms of placentious

comparativemore placentious
superlativemost placentious

Origin of placentious

From Latin placentius, from placeō (“to please”).

Questions about placentious

What does placentious mean?
Placentious means pleasing or pleasant.
What part of speech is placentious?
Placentious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce placentious?
Placentious is pronounced /pləˈsɛnʃiəs/.

Words near placentious in the dictionary

  1. Placentia Bay
  2. placenticeratid
  3. placenticeratids
  4. placentiferous
  5. placentiform
  6. placentious
  7. placentitis
  8. placento-
  9. placentogenesis
  10. placentographies
  11. placentography

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