placid (plasid)

[F. placide = Sp. plácido = Pg. It. placido , placid us , gentle, placere , please: see please .] Gentle; quiet; undisturbed; equable; serene; calm; unruffled; peaceful; mild. It conduceth unto long life and to the more placid motion of the spirits, that men's actions be free. Bacon . ages] is disturbed by no jealousies or resentments. That placid intercourse [with the great minds of former Macaulay , Bacon. That placid aspect and meek regard. Milton , P. R., iii. 217. = Syn. Tranquil , Serene , etc. See calm1 . placid i oust (pla-sid'i-us), a . [ placid + -ious .] Gentle; placid. Most easie, peaceable, and placid i ous . Top sell , Four-Footed Beasts, p. 158. ( Hall i well .)