English

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Etymology

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From compliment (verb) +‎ -ative.[1]

Adjective

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complimentative (comparative more complimentative, superlative most complimentative)

  1. (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

References

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  1. ^ complimentative, adj.”, in OED Online  , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.