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complemental

complemental adjective: of the nature of a complement; completing. Also the alternative form of complimental.

Adjective

complemental (not comparable)

  1. Of the nature of a complement; completing.
  2. Complementary.
  3. (obsolete) Additional; supplemental, accessory; ancillary.
    • [I]t is an errour worſe than hereſie, to adore the complementall and circumſtantiall piece of felicity, and undervalue thoſe perfections and eſſential points of happineſſe, wherein we reſemble our Maker.1642, [Thomas Browne], “[The First Part]”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC, page 34
  4. (obsolete) Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory; ceremonial; ceremonious; formal.
  5. (obsolete) Of persons: accomplished; talented; experienced.

Also used as

complemental is also the alternative form of complimental.

Origin of complemental

From complement + -al. Piecewise doublet of complimental.

Words formed from complemental

Words that rhyme with complemental

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Questions about complemental

What does complemental mean?
Complemental means of the nature of a complement; completing.
What part of speech is complemental?
Complemental is an adjective.

Words near complemental in the dictionary

  1. complement protein
  2. complement proteins
  3. complement system
  4. complement systems
  5. complementable
  6. complemental
  7. complemental air
  8. complementall
  9. complementally
  10. complementalness
  11. complementarian

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