slovo | definícia |
complaisant (encz) | complaisant,ochotný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Complaisant (gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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complaisant (wn) | complaisant
adj 1: 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: complaisant, obliging] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
complaisant (encz) | complaisant,ochotný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
complaisantly (encz) | complaisantly, |
Complaisantly (gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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Complaisantness (gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
Uncomplaisant (gcide) | Uncomplaisant \Uncomplaisant\
See complaisant. |
complaisant (wn) | complaisant
adj 1: 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: complaisant, obliging] |
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