Entry: placative (adj.)
In context: "...[holding a placative hand up against the bubble's glass]..."
Definition: See placatory (adj.): Tending or intended to placate or appease someone; conciliatory; propitiatory.
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SNOOT score: 1
Page: 440
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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