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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complaisant \Com"plai*sant\, a. [F. complaisant, p. pr of
complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr L. complacere See
{Complacent}.]
Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as a
complaisant gentleman.
There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to
wise Peter complaisant enough. --Pope.
Syn: Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite;
well-bred. See {Obliging}. -- {Com"plai*sant`ly}, adv
-- {Com"plai*sant`ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
complaisant
adj : showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others "to
close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife
has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no
hurry for us to leave" [syn: {obliging}]
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