complimental
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From compliment (noun) + -al.[1]
Adjective
[edit]complimental (comparative more complimental, superlative most complimental)
- (obsolete) complimentary.
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
- Languages […] grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “complimental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “complimental, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.