Definition of complaisant

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com·plai·sant    (km-plsnt, -znt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

Exhibiting a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, present participle of complaire, to please, from Latin complacre ; see complacent

OTHER FORMS:
com·plaisant·ly (Adverb)

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