placentious

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/pləˈsɛnʃiəs//pləˈsɛnʃəs/

adjective

pleasing or pleasant

OriginLatin placentius →
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Meanings

adjectiveplacentious (comparative more placentious, superlative most placentious)

comparative more placentious · superlative most placentious

  1. obsoletepleasing or pleasant

    a placentious person

    a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinplacentius
  2. Englishplacentious

From Latin placentius, from placeō (“to please”).

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APA

placentious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placentious

MLA

“placentious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placentious. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “placentious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placentious.

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