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complaisant

adj
/kəmˈpleɪsənt/UK/kəmˈpleɪsənt/US

Etymology

From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complacēre (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + placeō (“please”).

  1. derived from complacēre — “please well”
  2. derived from complaisant — “willing to please”

Definitions

  1. Compliant.

  2. Willing to do what pleases others

    Willing to do what pleases others; obliging; agreeable.

    • Replay our conversation You threw your accusations I'm always so complaisant I never change the station

  3. Polite

    Polite; showing respect.

    • The People who had often heard of me, were very curious to croud about the Sedan, and the Girl was complaiſant enough to make the Bearers ſtop, and to take me in her Hand that I might be conveniently ſeen.

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Derived

complaisantly, complaisantness, uncomplaisant

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA