placidity

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placidity

/pləˈsɪdɪti/ UK
/pləˈsɪdəti/ US
/-dɪt-/ US
/pləˈsɪdəti/ Australia
/pləˈsədəti/ New Zealand
/pləˈsɪdɪte/ Scotland
/-tɪ/ Scotland
/-ti/ Scotland

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

noun placidities

uncountable, 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.
Similar: composure, peacefulness, serenity

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noun state of being placid

Español	placidez
Français	placidité
Italiano	placidità, placidezza
Ελληνικά	ημεράδα imeráda
Română	placiditate
Русский	споко́йствие spokójstvije

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@misc{placidity_2026,
  title = {placidity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/placidity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}