Definition of "compleat" [compleat]

• Of or characterized by a highly developed or wide-ranging skill or proficiency: "The compleat speechwriter ... comes to anonymity from Harvard Law” ( Israel Shenker). (adjective)
• Being an outstanding example of a kind; quintessential: "Here was the compleat modern misfit: the very air appeared to poison him; his every step looked treacherous and hard won” ( Stephen Schiff). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The word compleat should be considered poetic license."
• "More Compliments of the Author I. Evolution of a Compleat Book Collector You will recall that we ascribed four stages of development to the evolution of a "compleat" book collector - Book Lover, Connoisseur, Fanatic, and Bibliomaniac."
• "For exmple; in part two of the season finale, each memeber of “the five” has to compleat a special task to retrive a key."