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com·pleat
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adjective
highly skilled and accomplished in all aspects; complete; total:
the compleat actor, at home in comedy and tragedy.
Origin:
1875–80;
earlier spelling of
complete
,
used phrasally in allusion to
The Compleat Angler
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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compleat
(kəmˈpliːt)
—
adj
an archaic spelling of complete, used esp in the titles of handbooks, in imitation of
The Compleat Angler
by Izaak Walton
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
compleat
archaic spelling of
complete
(q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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