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complaisant
[ kuhm-pley-suhnt, -zuhnt, kom-pluh-zant ]
adjective
- inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant:
the most complaisant child I've ever met.
complaisant
/ kəmˈpleɪzənt /
adjective
- showing a desire to comply or oblige; polite
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Derived Forms
- comˈplaisantly, adverb
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Other Words From
- com·plaisant·ly adverb
- noncom·plaisant adjective
- noncom·plaisant·ly adverb
- uncom·plaisant adjective
- uncom·plaisant·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of complaisant1
1640–50; < French (present participle of complaire ) < Latin complacent- (stem of complacēns, present participle of complacēre; complacent )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of complaisant1
C17: from French complaire, from Latin complacēre to please greatly; compare complacent
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Example Sentences
He had received to the peace some complaisant Scots whose lands or dwellings lay on his northward route.
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Here he “found another kind of people” from the complaisant inhabitants of the Isle of Wight.
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I am vastly complaisant, amuse myself in Routes and private parties and play shilling Whist with the most edifying resignation.
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In, in through the portal King Valdemar strode, Sophia received him in complaisant mode.
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He is a Man of Penetration, crafty, complaisant, and capable of great Affairs.
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