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单词 complacential
释义 complacential, a. Now rare or Obs.|kɒmpləˈsɛnʃ(ɪ)əl|
[f. med.L. complacēntia + -al1.]
1. Characterized by complacency, showing satisfaction, content, or acquiescence in something.
1658Baxter Saving Faith x. 74 A consenting or Complacential Approbation.1678Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 17 His wil of complacence, or complacential wil, whereby he declares what is most agreable to him.1747Hervey Medit. ii. 169 The highest Object of thy complacential delight.1863J. G. Murphy Comm. Gen. ii. 3 Thoughts of wonder, gratitude, and complacential delight.
2. Disposed to please or comply; obliging, complaisant. Obs.
1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. ii. 294 Aaron..did not please himself..in the thing: but it was an act meerly complacential to the people.1673S. C. Art Complaisance xiii. 138 They must..use a sweet mildness and complacential address.1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 413 That book..was written to terrifie the Presbyterians and make them more complacential.
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