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Placidyl

Placidyl noun: trade name of ethchlorvynol, a sedative.

Noun

Placidyl (countable and uncountable, plural Placidyls)

  1. Trade name of ethchlorvynol, a sedative.
    • His horror of insomnia, compounded with a family history of compulsive worrying, caused him to down three or four Placidyls, Seconals, Quaaludes, or Tuinals almost every night—and often it was a combination of all four.1985, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Elvis and Me, Putnam, →ISBN, page 151

Forms of Placidyl

pluralPlacidyls

Origin of Placidyl

Marketing name, apparently from placid + -yl.

Questions about Placidyl

What does Placidyl mean?
Placidyl means trade name of ethchlorvynol, a sedative.
What part of speech is Placidyl?
Placidyl is a noun.
What is the plural of Placidyl?
The plural of Placidyl is Placidyls.

Words near Placidyl in the dictionary

  1. placidest
  2. placidities
  3. placidity
  4. placidly
  5. placidness
  6. Placidyl
  7. Placidyls
  8. placified
  9. placifies
  10. placify
  11. placifying

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