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Placidyls

Placidyls is the plural of Placidyl.

Meaning of Placidyl

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

Questions about Placidyls

What is Placidyls the plural of?
Placidyls is the plural of Placidyl.

Words near Placidyls in the dictionary

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

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