Literary notes about placable (AI summary)
In literature, "placable" is often employed to convey a disposition that is gentle, forgiving, or inclined to be appeased. Writers use it to describe characters who readily yield to persuasion or show a calm, measured temperament, as when a leader or friend is noted for being "the most placable of men" [1] or when even the divine is portrayed as "placable" in its mercy [2][3]. The term is also applied to contrast temperaments, depicting individuals whose disposition might be both soft and accommodating [4][5] against those who are stubborn or irritable. Its usage spans contexts from human relationships to divine characteristics, highlighting a quality of moderation and a readiness to forgive or pacify conflicts [6][7].
- But he was the most entirely placable of men.
— from Father Payne by Arthur Christopher Benson - If a placable and exorable Providence, make thyself worthy of the divine help and assistance.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius - There is either a fatal necessity, an unalterable order, or a placable Providence, or a blind confusion without a governor.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius - Her feelings were warm and impetuous, but she was placable, tender, and constant.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXIV, May 1852, Vol. IV by Various - His disposition was placable, and his temperament calm.
— from The Life of Froude by Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield) Paul - David showed himself placable, and prepared to pardon the adherents of Absalom.
— from The History of Antiquity, Vol. 2 (of 6) by Max Duncker - The words were spoken bitterly, with a flushed face and angry eyes, yet he who spoke them was one of the kindest and most placable of men.
— from Lessons in Life; A Series of Familiar Essays by J. G. (Josiah Gilbert) Holland
