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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1151/
- Published: 2023-03-25T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-23T17:24:51.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

The word for today is…

implacable (adjective):

: not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/implacable?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :Implacable is rooted in Latin placare, meaning “to soothe,” but its im- prefix is a variant of the negating prefix 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 is, of course, 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.

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