obsequious
Pronunciation: /əbˈsiːkwi.əs/
The English word “obsequious” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.
- Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.
- Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.
Etymology
From Middle English obsequyous, from Latin obsequiōsus (“complaisant, obsequious”), from obsequium (“compliance”), from obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), from ob (“in the direction of, towards”) + sequor (“follow”) (cf. sequel).
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