complaisantadj.

Brit.

/kəmˈpleɪznt/,

/ˌkɒmpleɪˈzɑːnt/, U.S.

/kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nt/,

/kəmˈpleɪz(ə)nt/

Forms: Also 1600s complizant, compleasant, 1700s complisant.

Etymology: 17th cent. < French complaisant (16th cent. in Littré), present participle of complaire to acquiesce in order to please < Latin complacēre to be very pleasing to: compare complacent adj., complease v. In 17th cent. it was sometimes assimilated in form to complease, pleasant, with stress on 2nd syllable; but a general recognition of its French nativity has preserved the French spelling. Walker c1800 has /kɒmpliːˈzænt/.

a. Characterized by complaisance; disposed to please; obliging, politely agreeable, courteous. (Of persons, their actions, manners, etc.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > obliging or complaisant

commodious?1553

obliging1632

accommodating1642

complaisant1647

obligeant1654

complacential1658

engaging1673

complaisential1689

prevenant1750

preventing1751

complacent1790

commodating1887

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > compliant

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accordinga1425

plianta1425

serviablea1425

appliable1449

bowablec1449

applicant?c1500

pliablea1513

applying?1529

flexible?1531

maniablea1604

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compliant1642

complaisant1647

flexile1651

complacential1658

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commode1674

complaisential1689

applicable1702

complacent1790

unprotesting1792

1647 A. Cowley Mistresse 59 Complaisant Nymph [Echo], who doest thus kindly share In greifes, whose cause thou doest not know!

1659 W. Charleton Ephesian Matron 34 The most affable, compleasant, and cheerfull creature in the world.

1664 Sir C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 38 Feare not you will find mee as complizant.

1675 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal (ed. 3) ii. 20 That's very complaisant..Mr. Bayes, to be of another man's opinion, before he knowes what it is.

a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 14 Cautious the young, and complaisant the old.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iv. 74 The Girl was complaisant enough to make the Bearers stop.

1871 S. Smiles Character ix. 242 The French..of even the humblest classes, are..complaisant, cordial, and well-bred.

b. Disposed to comply with another's wishes; yielding, accommodating; compliant, facile.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective]

tholemodec1000

bowinga1340

subjectc1384

enclinant1400

yoldena1413

subjective1417

prostratec1425

obtemperate?a1475

subjected1550

subject-like1553

submiss1570

submissive1572

yielding1578

obnoxious1591

subordinate1594

subjectly1596

yieldable1603

dejective1611

passive1616

awebound1631

succumbent1647

resigning1648

complaisant1676

ovine1676

1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 59 I am sorry my face does not please you as it is, But I shall not be complaisant and change it.

1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 69 Had [she] been formerly complaisant with him beyond discretion.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 246 Richelieu, not finding the clergy quite so complaisant as he could have desired.

†2. Of things: Pleasant, agreeable. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]

winsomea900

sweetc900

likingeOE

i-quemec950

lieflyOE

winlyOE

hereOE

thankfulc1000

merryOE

queemc1175

beina1200

willea1200

leesomec1200

savouryc1225

estea1250

i-wilc1275

winc1275

welcomea1300

doucea1350

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acceptablea1382

pleasablea1382

pleasanta1382

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amiablec1384

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queemfulc1390

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pleasinga1398

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comelyc1400

farrandc1400

greable1401

goodlyc1405

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placablec1429

amene1433

winful1438

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dulcet1445

agreeablec1450

favourousc1485

sweetly?a1500

pleasureful?c1502

dulcea1513

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prettya1529

plausible1541

jolly1549

dulcoratec1550

toothsome1551

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tickling1558

suavec1560

amenous1567

odoriferous?1575

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tickle1593

pleasurous1595

favoursome1601

dulcean1606

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Hyblaean1614

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arrident1616

solacefula1618

pleasantable1619

placid1628

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gustful1647

peramene1657

pergrateful1657

tastefula1659

complacent1660

placentiousa1661

gratifactorya1665

bland1667

suavious1669

palatable1683

placent1683

complaisant1710

nice1747

tasty1796

sweetsome1799

titbit1820

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cunning1843

mooi1850

gemütlich1852

sympathique1859

congenial1878

sympathetic1900

sipid1908

onkus1910

sympathisch1911

1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 293 An honest benign Medicine, yet its not very complaisant to the Palate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	complaisant
释义	complaisantadj. Brit. /kəmˈpleɪznt/, /ˌkɒmpleɪˈzɑːnt/, U.S. /kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nt/, /kəmˈpleɪz(ə)nt/ Forms: Also 1600s complizant, compleasant, 1700s complisant. Etymology: 17th cent. < French complaisant (16th cent. in Littré), present participle of complaire to acquiesce in order to please < Latin complacēre to be very pleasing to: compare complacent adj., complease v. In 17th cent. it was sometimes assimilated in form to complease, pleasant, with stress on 2nd syllable; but a general recognition of its French nativity has preserved the French spelling. Walker c1800 has /kɒmpliːˈzænt/. 1. a. Characterized by complaisance; disposed to please; obliging, politely agreeable, courteous. (Of persons, their actions, manners, etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > obliging or complaisant commodious?1553 obliging1632 accommodating1642 complaisant1647 obligeant1654 complacential1658 engaging1673 complaisential1689 prevenant1750 preventing1751 complacent1790 commodating1887 society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > compliant ablec1384 obedientc1400 supplec1405 accordinga1425 plianta1425 serviablea1425 appliable1449 bowablec1449 applicant?c1500 pliablea1513 applying?1529 flexible?1531 maniablea1604 correspondenta1616 compliable1641 compliant1642 complaisant1647 flexile1651 complacential1658 complying1668 commode1674 complaisential1689 applicable1702 complacent1790 unprotesting1792 1647 A. Cowley Mistresse 59 Complaisant Nymph [Echo], who doest thus kindly share In greifes, whose cause thou doest not know! 1659 W. Charleton Ephesian Matron 34 The most affable, compleasant, and cheerfull creature in the world. 1664 Sir C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 38 Feare not you will find mee as complizant. 1675 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal (ed. 3) ii. 20 That's very complaisant..Mr. Bayes, to be of another man's opinion, before he knowes what it is. a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 14 Cautious the young, and complaisant the old. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iv. 74 The Girl was complaisant enough to make the Bearers stop. 1871 S. Smiles Character ix. 242 The French..of even the humblest classes, are..complaisant, cordial, and well-bred. b. Disposed to comply with another's wishes; yielding, accommodating; compliant, facile. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] tholemodec1000 bowinga1340 subjectc1384 enclinant1400 yoldena1413 subjective1417 prostratec1425 obtemperate?a1475 subjected1550 subject-like1553 submiss1570 submissive1572 yielding1578 obnoxious1591 subordinate1594 subjectly1596 yieldable1603 dejective1611 passive1616 awebound1631 succumbent1647 resigning1648 complaisant1676 ovine1676 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. 59 I am sorry my face does not please you as it is, But I shall not be complaisant and change it. 1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 69 Had [she] been formerly complaisant with him beyond discretion. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 246 Richelieu, not finding the clergy quite so complaisant as he could have desired. †2. Of things: Pleasant, agreeable. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] winsomea900 sweetc900 likingeOE i-quemec950 lieflyOE winlyOE hereOE thankfulc1000 merryOE queemc1175 beina1200 willea1200 leesomec1200 savouryc1225 estea1250 i-wilc1275 winc1275 welcomea1300 doucea1350 well-pleasingc1350 acceptablea1382 pleasablea1382 pleasanta1382 pleaseda1382 acceptedc1384 amiablec1384 well-likinga1387 queemfulc1390 flattering1393 pleasinga1398 well-queeminga1400 comelyc1400 farrandc1400 greable1401 goodlyc1405 amicable?a1425 placablec1429 amene1433 winful1438 listyc1440 dulcet1445 agreeablec1450 favourousc1485 sweetly?a1500 pleasureful?c1502 dulcea1513 grate1523 prettya1529 plausible1541 jolly1549 dulcoratec1550 toothsome1551 pleasurable1557 tickling1558 suavec1560 amenous1567 odoriferous?1575 perfumed1580 glada1586 tickle1593 pleasurous1595 favoursome1601 dulcean1606 gratifying1611 Hyblaean1614 gratulatea1616 arrident1616 solacefula1618 pleasantable1619 placid1628 contentsome1632 sapid1640 canny1643 gustful1647 peramene1657 pergrateful1657 tastefula1659 complacent1660 placentiousa1661 gratifactorya1665 bland1667 suavious1669 palatable1683 placent1683 complaisant1710 nice1747 tasty1796 sweetsome1799 titbit1820 connate1836 cunning1843 mooi1850 gemütlich1852 sympathique1859 congenial1878 sympathetic1900 sipid1908 onkus1910 sympathisch1911 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 293 An honest benign Medicine, yet its not very complaisant to the Palate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1647
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