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placentious

/pləˈsɛnʃiəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pla-cen-tious
IPA
/pləˈsɛnʃiəs/
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

pleasing or pleasant

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin placentius, from placeō (“to please”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more placentious (comparative) most placentious (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce placentious?
The recorded pronunciation is /pləˈsɛnʃiəs/.
What does placentious mean?
pleasing or pleasant
Where does placentious come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce placentious

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