compliment
comp·li·ment
noun
1.
a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration
verb
Origin
Borrowed from French compliment, itself a borrowing of Italian complimento, which in turn is a borrowing from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir (“to comply, complete, do what is proper”) + -miento or Latin complēmentum. Doublet of complement. Displaced Old English ġeswǣsnes.
Phrases
- backhanded compliment
- backward compliment
- Chinese compliment
- compliment fishing
- left-handed compliment
- poisoned compliment
- poisonous compliment
- with compliments
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