complaisancen.

/ˈkɒmpleɪzɑːns/

/ˈkɒmpleɪzans/

/kɒmpleɪˈzɑːns/

/kɒmpleɪˈzans/

/kəmˈpleɪzəns/

Forms: Also 1600s compleasance, complesence.

Etymology: 17th cent. < French complaisance (14th cent. in Littré) care or desire to please = Provençal complacencia , Spanish complacencia , Italian compiacenza , medieval Latin complacentia : see complacence n.

a. The action or habit of making oneself agreeable; desire and care to please; compliance with, or deference to, the wishes of others; obligingness, courtesy, politeness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > obligingness or complaisance

humouring1602

complacence1626

obligingness1638

complying1639

compliance1641

complacency1651

complaisance1651

accommodableness1663

obligation1664

complaisancy1710

prevenience1751

compliancy1765

prevenancy1768

prevenance1823

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > compliancy

correspondence1530

suppleness?1570

pliantness1578

appliableness1587

correspondency1587

flexibleness1623

complacence1626

complacency1651

complaisance1651

pliancy1663

compliance1667

compliableness1684

flexibility1703

complaisancy1710

compliancy1765

pliability1768

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 76 Compleasance; that is to say, That every man strive to accommodate himselfe to the rest.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 43 The Bride, That with her Wedding-cloaths undresses Her Complaisance, and Gentilesses.

1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair ii. 152 For complaisance, and breeding sake I'll do it.

1709 M. Prior Dove 9 Fair Venus wept the sad disaster..In complaisance poor Cupid mourn'd.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 166 If you will have the complaisance to step in.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. iv. 46 A lady..who was sitting by her..addressed her with great complaisance .

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 215 She was never treated afterwards with any degree of complaisance.

†b. in complaisance to: in deference to; as an act of politeness towards. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1705 Acct. of Conf. between Duke of Buckingham & Father Fitzgerald in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. II. 43 Most of the Inhabitants, in Complaisance..to their Landlord, are Roman Catholicks.

1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 124 In Complaisance to prevailing Custom, I shall follow the common Terms.

c. (with plural) An act of complaisance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun]

gentilessea1413

courtesya1475

humanitya1533

urbanities1630

courtship1631

civility1645

gallantry1673

complaisance1710

politeness1720

complacency1749

attention1752

customary1756

sensibility1795

personality1811

amenity1826

suavities1852

1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c19 Nov. (1965) I. 66 I have carryd my Complaisances to you farther than I ought.

1841 R. W. Emerson Method Nature in Wks. (1875) II. 233 How..the complaisances we use, shame us now!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	complaisance
释义	complaisancen. /ˈkɒmpleɪzɑːns//ˈkɒmpleɪzans//kɒmpleɪˈzɑːns//kɒmpleɪˈzans//kəmˈpleɪzəns/ Forms: Also 1600s compleasance, complesence. Etymology: 17th cent. < French complaisance (14th cent. in Littré) care or desire to please = Provençal complacencia , Spanish complacencia , Italian compiacenza , medieval Latin complacentia : see complacence n. a. The action or habit of making oneself agreeable; desire and care to please; compliance with, or deference to, the wishes of others; obligingness, courtesy, politeness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > obligingness or complaisance humouring1602 complacence1626 obligingness1638 complying1639 compliance1641 complacency1651 complaisance1651 accommodableness1663 obligation1664 complaisancy1710 prevenience1751 compliancy1765 prevenancy1768 prevenance1823 society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [noun] > compliancy correspondence1530 suppleness?1570 pliantness1578 appliableness1587 correspondency1587 flexibleness1623 complacence1626 complacency1651 complaisance1651 pliancy1663 compliance1667 compliableness1684 flexibility1703 complaisancy1710 compliancy1765 pliability1768 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 76 Compleasance; that is to say, That every man strive to accommodate himselfe to the rest. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 43 The Bride, That with her Wedding-cloaths undresses Her Complaisance, and Gentilesses. 1689 T. Shadwell Bury-Fair ii. 152 For complaisance, and breeding sake I'll do it. 1709 M. Prior Dove 9 Fair Venus wept the sad disaster..In complaisance poor Cupid mourn'd. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 166 If you will have the complaisance to step in. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. iv. 46 A lady..who was sitting by her..addressed her with great complaisance . View more context for this quotation 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 215 She was never treated afterwards with any degree of complaisance. †b. in complaisance to: in deference to; as an act of politeness towards. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1705 Acct. of Conf. between Duke of Buckingham & Father Fitzgerald in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. II. 43 Most of the Inhabitants, in Complaisance..to their Landlord, are Roman Catholicks. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 124 In Complaisance to prevailing Custom, I shall follow the common Terms. c. (with plural) An act of complaisance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] gentilessea1413 courtesya1475 humanitya1533 urbanities1630 courtship1631 civility1645 gallantry1673 complaisance1710 politeness1720 complacency1749 attention1752 customary1756 sensibility1795 personality1811 amenity1826 suavities1852 1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c19 Nov. (1965) I. 66 I have carryd my Complaisances to you farther than I ought. 1841 R. W. Emerson Method Nature in Wks. (1875) II. 233 How..the complaisances we use, shame us now! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1651
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