PLACIDLY
Plac"id*ly, adv.
Defn: In a placid manner.
PLACIDNESS
Plac"id*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being placid.
PLACIT
Plac"it, n. Etym: [L. placitum. See Plea.]
Defn: A decree or determination; a dictum. [Obs.] "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.
PLACITORY
Plac"i*to*ry, a. Etym: [See Placit.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law. [Obs.]
Clayton.
PLACITUM
Plac"i*tum, n.; pl. Placita. Etym: [LL. See Placit.]
1. A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state. Brande & C.