compliment

noun

An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.

(uncountable) Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.

Misspelling of complement. [The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.]

verb

(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).

Misspelling of complement. [To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.]

Roots

pleopli- · Latin · fill

Synonyms for compliment

congratulatev praisen encomiumn laudationn commendv flatteryn commendationn applaudv congratulationn adulationn

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Where does compliment come from?

The word compliment breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root pli-, from Latin pleo (“fill”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.