- 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.