compliment.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Meaning & usage
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
pay someone a compliment
Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.
Misspelling of complement.
Where this word comes from
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.
To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
Misspelling of complement.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French complimenter, from compliment + -er (verb-forming suffix).
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