compliment

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  1. noun An expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation.
  2. noun A formal act of civility, courtesy, or respect.
  3. noun Good wishes; regards: Extend my compliments to your parents. See Usage Note at complement.
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  • “Back in college, what qualified as a compliment was a bad pickup line Such as?” she asked curiously, relaxing a fraction. —  CaptivatedByTheTycoon
  • She feels a compliment might be appropriate at this point. —  EQMM,September-October2007
  • My wife and I are going abroad, so we offer you our pew; you appear to admire Eyton's preaching as much as we do—we shall be very glad if you can use it Yours truly FRANCIS BUXTON The other compliment was also a letter from a stranger. —  Margot Asquith, An Autobiography
  • Thanks for the compliment, the idea was through necessity, for me at least, as i found it hard to track all the comments. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Eno: Thanks for the compliment, and I'll take time out to plug it: basically just combining posts from OOB and Grubber into one place, for anyone who should prefer "one stop shopping". —  MVN
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apology ·  praise ·  courtesy ·  kindness ·  invitation ·  greet ·  tribute ·  joke ·  remark ·  allusion ·  assurance ·  wish

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compliment:   compliments ·  complimenting ·  complimented
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. French, from Italian complimento, from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir, to complete, from Latin complēre, to fill up : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + plēre, to fill; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly spelled complement, after the orig. L. complementum (see complement); = D. G. Danish Swedish kompliment, from French compliment = Provencal complimen = Spanish complimiento = Portuguese comprimento, cumprimento, from Italian complimento, compliment: the same as complement, with modern sense, resting on Italian complire, fill up, fulfil, suit, compliment (cf. compire, finish, complete), from Latin complementum, that which fills or completes, from complere, fill up: see complete, comply, complement.
  2. from compliment, n.;=F. complimenter, etc.
 

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