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obsequious

[ uhb-see-kwee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; fawning; ingratiating:

    an obsequious bow;

    obsequious servants.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,



obsequious

/ 蓹产藞蝉颈藧办飞瑟蓹蝉 /

adjective

  1. obedient or attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
  2. rare.
    submissive or compliant
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辞产藞蝉别辩耻颈辞耻蝉苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 辞产藞蝉别辩耻颈辞耻蝉濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辞产路蝉别路辩耻颈路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 辞产路蝉别路辩耻颈路辞耻蝉路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 辞路惫别谤路辞产路蝉别路辩耻颈路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • o路ver路辞产路蝉别路辩耻颈路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路辞产路蝉别路辩耻颈路辞耻蝉 adjective
  • un路辞产路蝉别路辩耻颈路辞耻蝉路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of obsequious1

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; late Middle English, from Latin 辞产蝉别辩耻颈艒蝉耻蝉, equivalent to obsequi(um) 鈥渃ompliance,鈥 derivative of 辞产蝉别辩耻(墨) 鈥渢o comply with鈥 (equivalent to ob- + 蝉别辩耻墨 鈥渢o follow鈥) + -ium + -艒蝉耻蝉; ob-, -ium, -ous
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of obsequious1

C15: from Latin 辞产蝉别辩耻颈艒蝉耻蝉 compliant, from obsequium compliance, from obsequi to follow, from ob- to + sequi to follow
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Synonym Study

See servile.
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Example Sentences

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Entwined on these YouTube channels are narratives of the opposition Democratic Party being obsequious to Beijing and trying to curry favour with Pyongyang.

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Chabria: It was, as you put it, like watching a Friars roast 鈥 just one obsequious testimonial after another.

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鈥淭he Russian political elite have grown more pliant in implementing Putin鈥檚 orders and more obsequious to his paranoid worldview,鈥 he wrote.

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You need someone who has a large ego but will be obsequious.

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The humor laced through her lickspittles' obsequious efforts to placate her doesn鈥檛 quite dare you to laugh but isn鈥檛 going out of its way to encourage giggles either.

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