complisult
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From blend of compliment + insult.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
complisult (plural complisults)
- A backhanded compliment.
- 1992 January 25, MSH...@psuvm.psu.edu, “Re: Insolent males MUST pay!! (unite)”, in rec.games.frp[2] (Usenet):
- [>Oh, and Velvetwing, about that blood test... [schwing!] Come on Velvetwing, I have no doubt you are tough enough to die silently, like a good bat.]
Oh, touche, mon ami. (bows) You honor me with your complinsult. You have said many fine things, many wise things.
Verb[edit]
complisult (third-person singular simple present complisults, present participle complisulting, simple past and past participle complisulted)
References[edit]
- “complisult”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225