What does "complaisant" mean?
Complaisant: 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. See Obliging. -- Com"plai*sant`ly, adv. -- Com"plai*sant`ness, n.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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