complaisant

[ kuhm-pley-suhnt, -zuhnt, kom-pluh-zant ]
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adjective
  1. inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant: the most complaisant child I've ever met.

Origin of complaisant

1
1640–50; <French (present participle of complaire) <Latin complacent- (stem of complacēns, present participle of complacēre;see complacent)

Other words from complaisant

  • com·plai·sant·ly, adverb
  • non·com·plai·sant, adjective
  • non·com·plai·sant·ly, adverb
  • un·com·plai·sant, adjective
  • un·com·plai·sant·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for complaisant

complaisant

/ (kəmˈpleɪzənt) /


adjective
  1. showing a desire to comply or oblige; polite

Origin of complaisant

1
C17: from French complaire, from Latin complacēre to please greatly; compare complacent

Derived forms of complaisant

  • complaisantly, adverb

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