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  • 41placid — a. 1. Quiet, tranquil, undisturbed, unmoved, unruffled, calm, peaceful, serene, composed, collected, cool, gentle, equable. 2. Serene, mild, unruffled, halcyon …

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  • 42placid — adj 1. quiet, quiescent, calm, tranquil, serene, undisturbed, halcyon, Brit. Dial, (of places) bonny; still, stock still, Chiefly Literary. stilly; unmov ing, unmoved, immovable, immobile; motionless, stationary, becalmed. 2. peaceful, peaceable …

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  • 43placid — plac·id …

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  • 44placid — plac•id [[t]ˈplæs ɪd[/t]] adj. pleasantly calm or peaceful • Etymology: 1620–30; < L placidus calm, quiet, akin to placēre to please; see id IV pla•cid•i•ty pləˈsɪd ɪ ti plac′id•ness, n. plac′id•ly, adv …

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  • 45placid — /ˈplæsəd / (say plasuhd) adjective pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serene. {Latin placidus} –placidity /pləˈsɪdəti/ (say pluh siduhtee), placidness, noun –placidly, adverb …

  • 46placid — see PLEASE …

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  • 47placid — adj. 1 (of a person) not easily aroused or disturbed; peaceful. 2 mild; calm; serene. Derivatives: placidity n. placidly adv. placidness n. Etymology: F placide or L placidus f. placere please …

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  • 48Placid, Lake — geographical name lake 5 miles (8 kilometers) long NE New York in the Adirondacks …

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  • 49Placid,Lake — Plac·id (plăsʹĭd), Lake A lake of northeast New York in the Adirondack Mountains. It is a noted winter sports center. * * * …

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  • 50Lake Placid, New York — Infobox Settlement official name = Lake Placid, New York settlement type = Village nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = The lake after which the village is named image mapsize = 250px map caption = pushpin mapsize1 = map caption1 =… …

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