Complimental
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Complimentary. obsolete
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From compliment (noun) + -al. Piecewise doublet of complemental.
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