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complacent
[complacent 词源字典]
complacent:
see
complaisant
[complacent etymology, complacent origin, 英语词源]
complacent (adj.)
1650s, "pleasing," from Latin
complacentem
(nominative
complacens
) "pleasing," present participle of
complacere
"be very pleasing" (see
complacence
). Meaning "pleased with oneself" is from 1767. Related:
Complacently
.