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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complacent \Com*pla"cent\, a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p.
pr of complacere com- + placere to please: cf F.
complaisant. See {Please} and cf {Complaisant}.]
Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as a complacent temper; a
complacent smile.
They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to
kings. --Burke.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
complacent
adj : contented to a fault; "he had become complacent after years
of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" [syn: {self-satisfied}]
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