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complimental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
com-pli-men-tal
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Complimentary.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

  • "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."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more complimental (comparative) most complimental (superlative) complemental (alternative) complementall (alternative)

Derived Forms

complimentally

Questions

What does complimental mean?
Complimentary.
Where does complimental come from?
From compliment (noun) + -al. Piecewise doublet of complemental.

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