obsequious

[Ob*se·qui*ous]

Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.

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Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.

Adjective S.
attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"

Adjective S.
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery


a.
Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.

a.
Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.

a.
Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.


Obsequious

Ob*se"qui*ous , a. [L.obsequiosus, fr. obsequium compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs'82quieux, See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequy.] 1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted. [Obs.]
His servants weeping, Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither.
2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
There lies ever in "obsequious" at the present the sense of an observance which is overdone, of an unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of another.
3. [See Obsequy.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal. [R.] "To do obsequious sorrow." Shak. Syn. -- Compliant; obedient; servile. See Yielding.

Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another; compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.

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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.

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