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Obsequious \Ob*se"qui*ous\, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium
compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs['e]quieux,
See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequy}.]
1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another;
compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
[Obs.]
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His servants weeping,
Obsequious to his orders, bear him hither.
--Addison.
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2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess;
cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
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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. --Trench.
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3. [See {Obsequy}.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
[R.] "To do obsequious sorrow." --Shak.
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Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See {Yielding}.
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