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complaisant

[ kuh m-pley-suh nt, -zuh nt, kom-pluh-zant ]
/ kəmˈpleɪ sənt, -zənt, ˈkɒm pləˌzænt /
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adjective

inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant: the most complaisant child I've ever met.

Words related to complaisant

accommodating, amiable, compliant, conciliatory, deferential, easy, friendly, generous, good-humored, good-natured, indulgent, lenient, mild, obliging, polite, solicitous, submissive, good-tempered, easy-going

Words nearby complaisant

complacent, complain, complainant, complaint, complaisance, complaisant, complanate, compleat, compleat angler, the, complect, complected

Origin of complaisant

1640–50; < French (present participle of complaire) < Latin complacent- (stem of complacēns, present participle of complacēre; see complacent)

OTHER WORDS FROM complaisant

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH complaisant

complacent complaisant compliant
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British Dictionary definitions for complaisant

complaisant
/ (kəmˈpleɪzənt) /

adjective

showing a desire to comply or oblige; polite

Derived forms of complaisant

complaisantly, adverb

Word Origin for complaisant

C17: from French complaire, from Latin complacēre to please greatly; compare complacent
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