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complisult

noun
/ˈkɑmplə.sʌlt/US/ˈkɒmplɪ.sʌlt/UK

Etymology

From blend of compliment + insult.

  1. derived from insultus — “insult, reviling, scoffing”
  2. derived from insult
  3. derived from *sel-✻ — “to spring”
  4. derived from īnsultō — “to spring, leap or jump at or upon; to abuse, insult, revile, taunt”
  5. derived from insulter
  6. compounded as complisult — “compliment + insult”

Definitions

  1. A backhanded compliment.

  2. To compliment backhandedly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for complisult. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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