complimentative
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
compliment + -ative
Adjective[edit]
complimentative (comparative more complimentative, superlative most complimentative)
- (archaic) complimentary
- March 3 1778, James Boswell, letter to Edmund Burke
- This may be perhaps a singular method of beginning a correspondence ; and in one sense may not be very complimentative. But I can sincerely assure you , dear sir , that I feel and mean a genuine compliment to Mr. Burke himself
- March 3 1778, James Boswell, letter to Edmund Burke
References[edit]
- “complimentative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.