complimentative
English
Etymology
compliment + -ative
Adjective
complimentative (comparative more complimentative, superlative most complimentative)
- (archaic) complimentary
- March 3 1778, James Boswell, letter to Edmund Burke
- This may be perhaps a singular method of beginning a correspondence ; and in one sense may not be very complimentative. But I can sincerely assure you , dear sir , that I feel and mean a genuine compliment to Mr. Burke himself
- March 3 1778, James Boswell, letter to Edmund Burke
References
- complimentative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913