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Placentious Pla Sen Shus Adjective Pleasing Inclined Latin Placentia Pleasantness

This flashcard defines "placentious" as an adjective meaning pleasing or inclined to please.

This flashcard defines "placentious" as an adjective meaning pleasing or inclined to please.

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placentious /pla-SEN-shus/
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Pleasing or inclined to please.

[From Latin placentia (pleasantness), from placere (to please). Earliest documented use: 1661.]

“[John Walbye was] a placentious person, gaining the good-will of all with whom he conversed, being also ingenious, industrious, learned, eloquent, pious, and prudent.” - Thomas Fuller; The History of the Worthies of England; T. Tegg; 1840.

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