Talk:complaisant

To me, this word seems archaic.

The homonym complacent has a completely different meaning and is much more common. I have never heard complaisant used in the meaning given here in all of my 51 years listning to English. I am therefore marking it as archaic lest it confuse the non-native speaker.

Unsigned comment by 84.248.216.165 at 13:05, 2007 February 17

Agreed – it may be more common in the UK, but the first I heard it was today, when my British mother used it, consciously archaically – she called it a “Jane Austen word”.

I’ve added a usage note to underline your “archaic” note.

—Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 19:43, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I do not agree with making complaisant "archaic." It is not often heard in everyday speech, but it is still commonly used. It is a part of many people's vernacular, including my own.