complemental

English

Etymology

From complement +‎ -al.

Adjective

complemental (not comparable)

1. Of the nature of a complement; completing.
2. Complementary.
3. (obsolete) Additional; supplemental, accessory; ancillary.
4. (obsolete) Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory; ceremonial; ceremonious; formal.
5. (obsolete) Of persons: accomplished; talented; experienced.
6. (obsolete) Complimentary.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.39:

     I have no skill in ceremonious letters, which have no other substance, but a faire contexture of complemental phrases and curteous words.

Derived terms

• complemental angle
• complemental air
• complemental male

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989