Meanings
adjectiveplacatable (comparative more placatable, superlative most placatable)
comparative more placatable · superlative most placatable
- Capable of being placated.
The working class in Dracula is universally presented as unthreatening - childishly venal and placatable with the price of a pint of beer.
1990, Rhys Garnett, R. J. Ellis, Science fiction roots and branches, page 53
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