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PLACIDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does placidness mean?
• PLACIDNESS (noun)
The noun PLACIDNESS has 1 sense:
1. a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling
Familiarity information: PLACIDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
placidity; placidness
Hypernyms ("placidness" is a kind of...):
calmness (a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement)
Derivation:
placid ((of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves)
placid (not easily irritated)
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