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complacent, a.|kəmˈpleɪsənt|
[ad. L. complacēnt-em pleasing, pr. pple. of complacēre: see above.]
†1. Pleasing, pleasant, delightful. Obs. rare.
1660Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον (1661) 106 In the complacent moneth of May. 1772Mackenzie Man of World i. i, Her look was of that complacent sort which gains on the beholder.
2. spec. Feeling or showing pleasure or satisfaction, esp. in one's own condition or doings; self-satisfied.
1767Jago Edge Hill, Evening iv. (R.), With complacent smile Thy social aspect courts the distant eye.
1791Cowper Iliad iv. 423 The monarch smiled Complacent. 1825Southey Paraguay i. 25 The glorious savage..vain of his array Look'd with complacent frown from side to side. 1841L. Hunt Seer (1864) 52 Whenever Gibbon was going to say a good thing..he announced it by a complacent tap on his snuff-box. 1875Gladstone Glean. VI. xxxviii. 129 Multitudes..will accede..to this proposition..but with a complacent conviction..that it does not touch their case.
3. Disposed, or showing a disposition, to please; obliging in manner, complaisant. ? Obs.
1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 160 They look up with a sort of complacent awe and admiration to kings, who know how to keep firm in their seat. 1821Scott Kenilw. xxii, The..complacent flattery of Leicester. 1849C. Brontë Shirley vi. 62 Mr. Moore..was..a complacent listener to her talk. |