complimental
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From compliment (noun) + -al.[1] Piecewise doublet of complemental.
Adjective
complimental (comparative more complimental, superlative most complimental)
- (obsolete) Complimentary.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII. Mr. Antony Harlowe, to Miss Clarissa Harlowe.”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: , volume I, London: S Richardson; , →OCLC, page 218:
- But Mr. Solmes is a coarſe man, he is not delicate enough for your niceneſs, becauſe I ſuppoſe he dreſſes not like a fop and a coxcomb, and becauſe he lays not himſelf out in complimental nonſenſe, the poiſon of female minds.
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References
- “complimental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “complimental, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
