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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

placatable en · ADJ

Etymology

From placate + -able.

Meanings

  1. 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:

Forms

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more placatable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most placatable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unplacatable