Definition of complaisant

< complaisance

compleat >

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

ADJECTIVE:

Exhibiting a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging.

---

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

OTHER FORMS:
com·plaisant·ly(Adverb)