placentious
English
Etymology
From Latin placentius, from placeō (“to please”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pləˈsɛnʃiəs/, /pləˈsɛnʃəs/
Adjective
placentious (comparative more placentious, superlative most placentious)
- (obsolete) pleasing or pleasant
- 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:
- a placentious person
References
- “placentious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.