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Foreign. It's Merriam Webster's word of the day for July 13th.
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today's word is implacable. Spelled I M, P, L, A C A B L E. Implacable is an adjective. Someone or something described as implacable is not capable of being appeased or changed. Here's the word used in a sentence from the Economist. Unlike, say, the Globe trotting stories of Ian Fleming or John Le Carre, in which victories only temporarily frustrate an implacable foe, Agatha Christie's smaller worlds feel put right when the COVID closes or credits roll. Implacable is rooted in the Latin verb placare, meaning to soothe. But its IM prefix is a variant of the negating prefix in in as in inactive, and it signals that there's nothing warm and fuzzy here. Someone or something described as implacable cannot be soothed, which usually means trouble. Implacable is most often attached to words like foe, enemy, hatred and hostility. The opposite of implacable, of course, is placable. It means easily soothed but, sadly, isn't called upon very often. Another placare word is likely more familiar. Placate means to soothe or appease. It's frequently applied when an angry person is made to feel less so. With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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