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a calm so total it's basically smug — the stillness of something that won't be rattled.
means Calm, peaceful, and untroubled — describing a smooth, undisturbed surface, temperament, or scene.
from From Latin placidus, 'calm, gentle, peaceful,' built on placere, 'to please.' That same root for pleasing runs through a whole cousinhood — please, placate, pleasant, complacent — all sharing the idea of smoothing things over. Placid, then, is the surface that pleases precisely because nothing ruffles it.
- latin root
- From placidus, meaning gentle or pleasing.
- lake namesake
- Lake Placid hosted two Winter Olympics.
- surface deceit
- Calm water hides the deepest, strongest undercurrents.
- word kin
- Shares roots with placate and please.
for instance
lake placid — new york village that hosted the 1932 and 1980 winter olympics
placid lassie — famous collie dog from the 1954-1973 tv series known for calm demeanor