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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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of complaisant1
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Example Sentences
He had received to the peace some complaisant Scots whose lands or dwellings lay on his northward route.
Here he “found another kind of people” from the complaisant inhabitants of the Isle of Wight.
I am vastly complaisant, amuse myself in Routes and private parties and play shilling Whist with the most edifying resignation.
In, in through the portal King Valdemar strode, Sophia received him in complaisant mode.
He is a Man of Penetration, crafty, complaisant, and capable of great Affairs.
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