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Definition of Placidness
1. Noun. A feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling.
Definition of Placidness
1. n. The quality or state of being placid.
Definition of Placidness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being placid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Placidness
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Medical Definition of Placidness
1. The quality or state of being placid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placidness
Literary usage of Placidness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1876)
"From another source we hear :— " He was of a most reverend aspect—his face thin
and pale; but there was a divine placidness in his countenance, ..."
2. Diagnostic et séméologie des maladies tropicales by Hermann Toenjes, Andy Adams, R. Wurtz, A. Thiroux, Herbert Myrick (1905)
"Remaining with us a second night, something, possibly the placidness of the
cattle, mellowed the old man and he grew amiable with the outfit, and myself in ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"He was of a most reverend aspect ; his face thin and pale ; but there was a divine
placidness in his countenance which inspired veneration, and expressed ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"... there was a divine placidness in his countenance which inspired veneration,
and expressed the most benevolent mind. His white hair, hung gracefully on ..."
5. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... beads, etc., which being distributed among them, they very soon settled down
into a state of placidness and contentment. Indeed, it will be found, that, ..."
6. The Contemporary Review (1876)
"From another source we hear :— " He was of a most reverend aspect—his face thin
and pale; but there was a divine placidness in his countenance, ..."
7. Diagnostic et séméologie des maladies tropicales by Hermann Toenjes, Andy Adams, R. Wurtz, A. Thiroux, Herbert Myrick (1905)
"Remaining with us a second night, something, possibly the placidness of the
cattle, mellowed the old man and he grew amiable with the outfit, and myself in ..."
8. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"He was of a most reverend aspect ; his face thin and pale ; but there was a divine
placidness in his countenance which inspired veneration, and expressed ..."
9. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"... there was a divine placidness in his countenance which inspired veneration,
and expressed the most benevolent mind. His white hair, hung gracefully on ..."
10. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... beads, etc., which being distributed among them, they very soon settled down
into a state of placidness and contentment. Indeed, it will be found, that, ..."
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