complimentern.
/ˈkɒmplɪmɛntə/ One who compliments; a payer of compliments.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > [noun] > complimenter
complementer1620
complemental1671
complimenter1748
kiss-my-loof1894
1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 121 These..ceremonies, be equally tedious to the Complementer, and Complementee.
1657 T. Hobbes Στιγμαι 11 You and your Complementors.
1666 Earl of Orrery Coll. State Lett. (1743) II. 63 I am the worst complimenter in the world.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 271 A Complementer is one that endeavours to make himself appear a very fine Man, in persuading another, that He is so.]
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxiii. 300 My complimenters have told me so.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. iii. 13 I both despise and fear a very high complimenter.
1876 F. Hall Eng. Adj. in -able (1877) 12 The complimentee..could not possibly hear of his complimenter's having found out anything.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz in La Saisiaz: Two Poets of Croisic 30 Being to compliment the Duke designed And bring the complimenter credit.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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