complimental

English

Alternative forms

• complemental, complementall

Etymology

From compliment (noun) +‎ -al. Piecewise doublet of complemental.

Adjective

complimental (comparative more complimental, superlative most complimental)

1. (obsolete) Complimentary.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII. Mr. Antony Harlowe, to Miss Clarissa Harlowe.”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC, page 218:

     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.

Derived terms

• complimentally

References

• “complimental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.