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Word: Complaisant
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 17th century: French, from complaire ‘acquiesce in order to please’, from Latin complacere ‘to please’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəmˈpleɪznt
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkɒmpleɪˈzɑːnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest
Short Definition:willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest
Examples:- there are too many complaisant doctors signing sick notes
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