complaisant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: complaisant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for complaisant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): complaisant, obliging
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complaisant \Com"plaisant\, 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"plaisant`ly}, adv. -- {Com"plaisant`ness}, n.