complaisant
adjective
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Pronunciation: /kəmˈpleɪsənt/ / /kəmˈpleɪzənt/
adj
Etymology: From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complacēre (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + placeō (“please”).
- Compliant.
- Willing to do what pleases others; obliging; agreeable.
“Replay our conversation You threw your accusations I'm always so complaisant I never change the station”
- Polite; showing respect.
“The People who had often heard of me, were very curious to croud about the Sedan, and the Girl was complaiſant enough to make the Bearers ſtop, and to take me in her Hand that I might be conveniently ſeen.”