Complemental
Origin
From complement + -al.
Full definition of complemental
Adjective
complemental
- Of the nature of a complement; completing.
- Complementary.
- (obsolete) Additional; supplemental, accessory; ancillary.
- (obsolete) Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory; ceremonial; ceremonious; formal.
- (obsolete) Of persons: accomplished; talented; experienced.
- (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.