placable

English · Français

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

placable

/ˈplæ.kə.bəl/
/ˈpleɪ-/

Where it comes from

From Latin plācābilis.

adjective more placable · most placable

Able to be easily pacified; quick to forgive. 1577, Meredith Hanmer (translator), The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, London, The Seventh Booke of the Ecclesiasticall Historye of Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestina, Chapter 17, […] after that the deuine and celestiall grace of God
Peaceable; quiet. to be fortunate without the grudge of enuy is the signe of a most quiet, peaceable, & placable man:
obsolete Having the effect of pacifying, appeasing or pleasing. The scripture is ful of places whiche teache these sacrifyces to be moste acceptable to god, & therfore often tyme they be called odours or sauours moste swete placable sacrifyces, acceptable offerynges to god.

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"placable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/placable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

placable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/placable

Chicago

"placable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/placable.

BibTeX

@misc{placable_2026,
  title = {placable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/placable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}