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† ˈplacency Obs. [ad. L. placēntia (post-class.) suavity, f. placēnt-em: see placent a.] The quality of pleasing, pleasantness; disposition to please or gratify.1639 J. Saltmarsh Policy 153 Men are naturally prone..to bend in placency towards their superiours humours. 1649 Bulwer Pathomyot. ii. ii. ...
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placentious
† placentious, a. Obs. rare. [f. L. placēntia suavity, placency + -ous.] Pleasing, or disposed to please; complaisant, amiable, agreeable, suave.a 1661 Fuller Worthies iii. York (1662) 230 A Placentious Person, gaining the goodwill of all. 1683 Pettus Fleta Min. ii. 20 Such things as are placentious...
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self-complacency
self-comˈplacency [self- 3 a.] = prec.1687 Norris Coll. Misc. 302 Acts of self-complacency, whereby I delight and please my self in the perfections of my Nature. 1694 South Serm. 1 Cor. ii. 7 Wks. 1823 II. 396 To check those self-complacencies which it is apt to grow into. 1707 Norris Treat. Humilit...
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resultance
resultance Now rare. (rɪˈzʌltəns) Also 5 -auns, -ans. [Prob. ad. med.L. *resultantia (cf. Sp. and Pg. resultancia), f. resultāre: see result v. and -ance.] † 1. Origin, beginning. Obs. rare—1.c 1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Kath. iii. 704 For of man & godd hys persone..hath take resultauns. † 2. a. The ...
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