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Definition of Complaisant
1. Adjective. Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others. "The obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"
Similar to: Accommodating, Accommodative
Derivative terms: Complaisance, Obligingness
Definition of Complaisant
1. a. Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.
Definition of Complaisant
1. Adjective. compliant ¹
2. Adjective. Willing to do what pleases others. ¹
3. Adjective. (archaic) polite, showing respect ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Complaisant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complaisant
Literary usage of Complaisant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"Complaisance -ANTLY. and complaisant, are but the Fr. -ANCE. manner of writing
Complacent and complaisant, (complaisant, by Cowley,) is—desirous, ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"little; see SLIGHT, FRAGILE, BRITTLE, complaisant. 1. Referring to liquors: thin,
small, single (archaic), light, wash, washy. ..."
3. History of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"... but little from legislative power, and would very soon have been interpreted
by complaisant courts of justice to give them the full extent of statutes. ..."
4. Beaumarchais and His Times: Sketches of French Society in the Eighteenth by Louis de Loménie (1857)
"—A complaisant Husband. —Bergasse and his Memorials. —Verdict for Beaumarchais.
IN his dispute with Mirabeau on the subject of the Paris Water Company, ..."
5. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"... is not like a complaisant person ; but if I did say or do an ill thing to
anybody, it should be behind their backs, out of pure good manners. ..."
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