complaisant
Use Complaisant in a sentence
sənt, -zənt, ˈkɒm adjective
inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant: the most complaisant child I've ever met.
Origin:
1640–50; < French (present participle of complaire) < Latin complacent- (stem of complacēns, present participle of complacēre; see complacent)
1640–50; < French (present participle of complaire) < Latin complacent- (stem of complacēns, present participle of complacēre; see complacent)
Related forms
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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| —adj | |
| showing a desire to comply or oblige; polite | |
| [C17: from French complaire, from Latin complacēre to please greatly; compare | |
| com'plaisantly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
complaisant
1640s, from Fr. complaisant (16c.), from M.Fr., "pleasing," prp. of complaire "acquiesce to please," from L. complacere "be very pleasing" (see complacent, with which it overlapped till mid-19c.).
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Example sentences
There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant.
Their effect here is to soften the satire and make it complaisant.
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