complaisant
11complaisant — [kəm plā′zənt, kəm plāsənt; ] also [ käm′plə zant΄] adj. [Fr, prp. of complaire < L complacere: see COMPLACENT] willing to please; affably agreeable; obliging complaisantly adv …
12COMPLAISANT — ANTE. adj. Qui a de la complaisance pour les autres. Un homme complaisant. Être complaisant pour tout le monde. Il s est montré fort complaisant envers nous. Se faire le ministre complaisant des passions d autrui. Un esprit doux et complaisant.… …
13complaisant — [17] Complaisant and complacent [17] are virtual doublets. Both come from Latin complacēre ‘please greatly’ (a compound verb formed from placēre, source of English please), but they reached English along different routes. Complaisant came via… …
14complaisant — complacent, complaisant have the same pronunciation apart from s in the first and z in the second. Both are derived from the Latin word complacere ‘to please’. Complacent means ‘calmly confident’ and normally has unfavourable connotations, i.e.… …
15complaisant — [17] Complaisant and complacent [17] are virtual doublets. Both come from Latin complacēre ‘please greatly’ (a compound verb formed from placēre, source of English please), but they reached English along different routes. Complaisant came via… …
16complaisant — [[t]kəmple͟ɪz(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining. [OLD FASHIONED] ...his pretty and complaisant wife …
17complaisant — complaisantly, adv. /keuhm play seuhnt, zeuhnt, kom pleuh zant /, adj. inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant: the most complaisant child I ve ever met. [1640 50; < F (prp. of complaire) < L complacent (s. of… …
18complaisant — com|plai|sant [... zã:] <aus gleichbed. fr. complaisant> (veraltet) gefällig, entgegenkommend, bereitwillig, willfährig, nachgiebig, selbstgefällig …
19complaisant — [kəm pleɪz(ə)nt] adjective willing to please others or to accept their behaviour. Derivatives complaisance noun Origin C17: Fr., from complaire acquiesce in order to please , from L. complacere to please . Usage On the confusion of complaisant… …
20COMPLAISANT, ANTE — adj. Qui a de la complaisance pour les autres. Un homme complaisant. être complaisant pour tout le monde. Il s’est montré fort complaisant envers nous. Se faire le ministre complaisant des passions d’autrui. Un esprit doux et complaisant. Humeur… …
