FromFrench complaisant ( “ willing to please ” ) , fromcomplaire Latin complacēre ( “ please well ” ) , fromcom- ( “ with ” ) +placeō ( “ please ” ) .
complaisant (comparative morecomplaisant ,superlative mostcomplaisant )
Compliant Willing pleases others;obliging ;agreeable Synonym: amenable Coordinate term: ( stronger and more negative ) obsequious ( archaic ) Polite showing respect .1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift ], “The Country Described. [ … ] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. [ … ] [ Gulliver’s Travels ] , volume I, London: [ … ] Benj[ amin] Motte , [ … ] →OCLC pages222–223 :The People who had often heard of me, were very curious to croud about the Sedan, and the Girl wascomplaiſant enough to make the Bearers ſtop, and to take me in her Hand that I might be conveniently ſeen.
willing to do what pleases others
IPA (key ) : /kɔ̃.plɛ.zɑ̃/ ~/kɔ̃.ple.zɑ̃/ complaisant
present participle ofcomplaire complaisant (feminine complaisante masculine plural complaisants feminine plural complaisantes
complaisant obliging ,eager toplease 
