complaisant

[ComĀ·plai*sant]

If only the world were populated entirely with complaisant people! Complaisant means willing to do something to please others, and complaisant people or animals are wonderful to be around.

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Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.

Adjective S.
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"


a.
Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.


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.
Syn. -- Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred. See Obliging. -- Com"plai*sant`ly, adv. -- Com"plai*sant`ness, n.

Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.

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