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 Definitions of complaisant  [əmˈpleɪ sənt, -zənt, ˈkɒm pləˌzænt]  

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Definition of 'complaisant' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) complaisant
inclined to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant.

Etymology:  (1640–50; < F, prp. of complaire < L complacēre)

Definition of 'complaisant' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) complaisant, obliging
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
"to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"


Definition of 'complaisant' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) complaisant
desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman



'complaisant' - Nearby Entries  

complaint  complaintive  complaisance  complaisant  complect  complemental  complementarity  



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