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单词 par complaisance
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par complaisanceadv.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French par complaisance.
Etymology: < French par complaisance (1625 or earlier) < par by (see per prep.) + complaisance complaisance n.Never fully naturalized in English.
Obsolete.
By deference or indulgence.
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1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris 41 Her home is the air And she only par complaisance touches the ground.
1826 Times 4 May 3 d It does not follow that those who do not labour under such defects are par complaisance to remain silent spectators.
1875 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 287/1 Papered walls and a row of shelves, unenclosed, called, par complaisance, a dresser, are neither of them cleanly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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