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complacent

comp·la·cent

UK/kəmˈpleɪsənt/ US/kʌˈmpleɪsʌnt/ uncommon

adjective

1.

contented to a fault

  • “he had become complacent after years of success”
  • “his self-satisfied dignity”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin complacēns (“very pleasing”), present participle of complacēre (“to please at the same time, be very pleasing”), from com- (“together”) + placēre (“to please”); see please and compare complaisant.

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