Advertisement

placatory (adj.)

"conciliatory, intended to placate or appease," 1630s, from Latin placatorius "pertaining to appeasing," from placat-, past-participle stem of placare "to calm, appease, quiet, soothe, assuage," causative of placere "to please" (see please).

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of placatory from WordNet

placatory (adj.)
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions;
an astonishingly placatory speech
Synonyms: appeasing / placating / placative
From wordnet.princeton.edu