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placidity

UK/pləˈsɪdɪti//pləˈsɪdəti/

placidity noun: the state of being placid; peacefulness.

Noun

placidity (usually uncountable, plural placidities)

  1. (usually) The state of being placid; peacefulness.
    • 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.1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 10
    • Thus, in rapid succession, passed the thoughts of Rosilia, who, endeavouring to assume placidity, once more essayed to express her thanks to Mrs. Melbourne for her kind attentions,[…]1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVI, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 207

placidity meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

placidity in Bengali

শান্ত থাকার অবস্থা, শান্তি

placidity in Malayalam

പ്രശാന്തത, പ്രസന്നത

placidity in Kannada

ಪ್ರಶಾಂತತೆ, ಸೌಮ್ಯತೆ, ನಿರುದ್ವೇಗ

Synonyms of placidity

Forms of placidity

pluralplacidities

Origin of placidity

From placid + -ity, from Latin placiditās (“mildness, placidity”).

Questions about placidity

What does placidity mean?
Placidity means the state of being placid; peacefulness.
What is placidity in Bengali?
Placidity in Bengali is শান্ত থাকার অবস্থা, শান্তি. See Placidity meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is placidity?
Placidity is a noun.
How do you pronounce placidity?
Placidity is pronounced /pləˈsɪdɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of placidity?
The plural of placidity is placidities.

Words near placidity in the dictionary

  1. placially
  2. placid
  3. placider
  4. placidest
  5. placidities
  6. placidity
  7. placidly
  8. placidness
  9. Placidyl
  10. Placidyls
  11. placified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: placidity (page history and authors); placidity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); placidity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); placidity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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