congratulant
[kuh n-grach-uh-luh nt or, often, -graj-, kuh ng-]
- expressing or conveying congratulation.
- a person who congratulates.
Origin of congratulant
1660–70; <
Latin congrātulānt- (stem of
congrātulāns, present participle of
congrātulārī), equivalent to
con- con- +
grātul- (
grāt-, stem of
grātus pleasing +
-ul- adj. suffix) +
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